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Meanings of saint bartholomew's day massacre in English

Russian
варфоломеева ночь
Portuguese
massacre do dia de s. bartolomeu
Spanish
noche de san bartolomé
Catalan
massacre del dia de sant bartomeu
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Massacre of the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) by the French government.

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        Examples for "st. bartholomew's day massacre"
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        The Pope surprised some worshippers at the vigil by evoking the 1572 St Bartholomew's Day massacre of more than 4,000 French Protestants by Catholics.
        The Irish Times
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        This event is known in history as the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
        History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
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        It united them, as the massacre of St. Bartholomew united the Huguenots.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
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        We shall never know the inside history of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew.
        A Short History of France
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        Two years later this name was justified by the Massacre of St. Bartholomew.
        Massacres of the South (1551-1815) / Celebrated Crimes
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        The great massacre of St. Bartholomew was to sleep for seven years longer.
        The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 09: 1564-65
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        That fearful crime, the bloody Massacre of Saint Bartholomew, is familiar to everyone.
        Women of Modern France
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        Bubbles, did you ever hear of the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew?
        The Penalty
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        Philanthropy had brought with it crimes as horrible as the massacre of Saint Bartholomew.
        Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
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        The Duke of Alencon had been an unwilling spectator of the massacre of Saint Bartholomew.
        Saint Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars
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        They thought the massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day a blunder as well as a crime.
        A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.