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Assassination of Coligny

Name: Assassination of Coligny – France factsheet records
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France · House / House of Line of Anjou. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1572Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1572

Catherine de Medici24 August 1572

Paris · House / House of Line of Anjou

Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader

Names involved

Catherine de Medici

Provenance

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