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Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
n usually abbreviated to St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
(Historical Terms) the murder of Huguenots in Paris that began on Aug. 24, 1572 on the orders of Charles IX, acting under the influence of his mother Catherine de' Medici


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