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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre St. Bartholomew's massacre was an appalling event that took place in France in 1572 on St. Bartholomew's day. The event occurred because The Queen of France told her husband that the Huguenots "French Protestants" were going to rebel against him. On the evening of St. Bartholomew's day the king sent out his soldiers who swept threw the Paris that very night with brute force, ten thousand protestants were killed that night. That …

…dragged his body threw the streets as a warning to other protestants; these exact acts were prophesied by Coligny. The massacre enraged many Protestants but they never did rebel, even though there was no rationale reason to kill them. This was one dark gloomy day in the history of France. This goes to show that don't believe everything you hear even if it does come from someone you trust, like your wife or a teacher.