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Massacre of Vassy

The Massacre of Vassy (French: massacre de Wassy) was the murder of Huguenot worshippers and citizens in an armed action by troops of the Duke of Guise, in Wassy, France on 1 March 1562. The massacre is identified as the first major event in the French Wars of Religion. The series of battles that followed concluded in the signing of the Peace of Amboise (or Pacification Treaty of Amboise) on 19 March 1563.

Massacre of Vassy
Massacre of Vassy · unidentified artist, published in Geneva (Suisse), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1562
Where
Wassy
Era
Early Modern

Topics

France359 BCE – today

Before and after

Battle of Dreux1562Northern Seven Years' War1563 – 1570Show on timeline

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