The French Wars of Religion
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Key events on this timeline
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- St Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572)
- Edict of Nantes (1598)
- Massacre of Vassy (1562)
- 'Paris is worth a mass' (1593)
- The wedding that baited the trap (1572)
- Assassination of Henry III of France (1589)
- The War of the Three Henrys (1585)
- Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1588)
- Assassination of Henry IV (1610)
- The Edict of January tolerates the Huguenots (1562)
- Reign of Henry IV (Bourbon) of France (1589)
- Catherine de' Medici's ascendancy (1560)
- Catherine de' Medici becomes regent of France (1560)