Catherine de Medici24 August 1572
Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader. Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots
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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
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