1589
Assassination of Henry III
Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line
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Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line
Henry of Guise is lured into a trap and assassinated, on the orders of Henry III
Henry III of France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Duke of Guise and his brother, Cardinal Louis of Guise, killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon a prisoner
Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line
Intervenes in the French civil war against the Protestant Henry IV
Marries Anne of Denmark
Galileo delivers his inaugural university lecture before beginning regular mathematics teaching at Pisa.
The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois
King Henry III of France capitulates to the Duke of Guise and returns to Paris
After Henrys assassination Paris suffers a 4 year siege
The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois
Death of Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II
Death of Henry III, assassinated
Death of William Somerset
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