St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
massacre of the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) by the French government, 1572
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Summary
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre is a massacre[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of massacre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,296 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kingdom of France[3]
- Instance of: genocide[4]
- Location: Paris[5], Orléans[6], Saumur[7], Angers[8], Bourges[9], Lyon[10], Bordeaux[11], Troyes[12], Toulouse[13], Rouen[14], Valence[15], Orange[16]
- Part of: French Wars of Religion[17]
- Commons category: St. Bartholomew's Day massacre[18]
- Start time: August 23, 1572[19]
- End time: October 5, 1572[20]
- Point in time: August 24, 1572[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:St. Bartholomew's Day massacre[22]
- Commons gallery: St. Bartholomew's Day massacre[23]
- Number of deaths: 30,000[24], 10,000[25]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], The Catholic Encyclopedia[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopedic Lexicon[30], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band[36]
- Victim(s): François de Caumont, Seigneur de Castelnau[37], Huguenots[38]
Why It Matters
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]