What event happened on St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572? the beginning of a series of eight civil wars across France an attack on powerful Huguenots attending a royal wedding the expulsion of Huguenots to Louisiana and parts of Canada an edict that allowed Protestants to freely practice their religion
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Bartholomew's Day, massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris on August 24/25, 1572, plotted by Catherine de' Medici and carried out by Roman Catholic nobles and other citizens. It was one event in the series of civil wars between Roman Catholics and Huguenots that beset France in the late 16th century.
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The St. Bartholomew day massacre started on th night of 23rd August 1572 and continued for 3 days.
nearly 70000 Huguenots wer massacred in the days that followed.
It was primarily instigated by Regent Queen Catherine de Medici, mother of King Charles IX.
The massacres were initially against the Huguenots nobles and aristocrats and mainly in Paris. Later they spread to all of France rrsulting in 70000 deaths.
These massacres caused the Huguenots to leave France for other European countries like Germany( they are supposed to be the force to make Berlin a modern citu)0Holland, Belgium ,England, South Africa, USA.
They were good workers and good craftsmen, mainly with textiles.