1572 in History

Accepts an invitation to become god-mother to a daughter of Charles IX

Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader

Captures Brill in Zeeland

Captures the fortress of Mons

Surrenders Mons to the Spanish but most of the Dutch towns are occupied by Calvinists

Uses the stars absent parallax to place it beyond the Moon.

Louis of Nassau supports operations in Flanders as the revolt against Spanish rule widens.

Akbar advances into Gujarat and occupies Ahmedabad as Mughal authority expands toward the western coast.

Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader. Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots

Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots

Helps William the Silent invade Flanders

Appointed Lord Treasurer

Courted the Duke of Alencon, younger son of Charles IX of France

Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader. Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots

Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots

Persuaded by his mother Catherine de Medicus to order the St Batholomews day massacre

The massacre disrupts negotiations to marry the Duke of Alencon. The French Ambassador reveals a Hugenot plot to kill the French King & his family

Responsible for the St Bartholomew Days massacre

The Huguenot massacre in France increases English suspicions of Mary

Observes a new star in Cassiopeia and records its changing brightness.

Created Earl of Essex

Death of John Knox, without Knox there is no opposition to Church reforms

Norfolk is executed for his part in the Ridolfi plot

Shrewsbury, Delawarr & Sadler accuse Mary of involvement in the Ridolfi plot

Haarlem surrenders to the Spanish, the leaders are executed

Captures Haarlem after a 7 month siege, the garrison occupants are all slaughtered

Haarlem surrenders to the Spanish, the leaders are executed

Henry of Guise is associated with Catholic violence during the Saint Bartholomew period

Signed with France, both countries wil support each other if attacked. England is freed from French support of an invasion by Mary Queen of Scots

England signs an alliance with France while Mary is in captivity. England is freed from French support of an invasion on behalf of Mary Queen of Scots

Death of John Knox, without Knox there is no opposition to Church reforms

Fights at the Battle of Navarino