Catherine de Medici1 March 1562
Guise family retainers attack a Calvinist service in Wassy-sur-Blaise in Champagne and massacre worshippers
France · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Guise family retainers attack a Calvinist service in Wassy-sur-Blaise in Champagne and massacre worshippers
The Edict of Saint-Germain is revoked by the Guise familly
Supports religious toleration in the shape of the Edict of Saint-Germain, which allows the Huguenots to worship publicly outside of towns and privately inside of them
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