St.Bartholomew's day massacre was killing spree in Paris, France after King Charles IX of France ordered an assassination on the Huguenot Protestant leader the Duke of Guise in Paris. King Charles was very influenced by his mother Catherine de Medici who just so happened to have ordered the assassination of a huguenot leader just two days before King Charles ordered an assassination. This mommas boy listens to everything she says. She told Charles that the Huguenots were planning a rebellion against him and obviously he doesn't want that to happen so he ordered the assassination of their leaders. This obviously did not sit well with the Huguenots. Soon after the massacre began.
The following piece by François Dubois depicts a proclaimed eye witness experience of this massacre. As shown in the painting, there is utter chaos through the streets of Paris as thousands are being killed. According to different factions during the time period anywhere from 3,000-70,000 people were killed during the St.Bartholomew's Day Massacre. This massacre ended about 10 years after the Duke was assassinated.
http://www.britannica.com/event/Massacre-of-Saint-Bartholomews-Day
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saint-bartholomews-day-massacre
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