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Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Huguenot and Catholic nobles were joined together in celebration of a royal wedding. This resulted in the massacre of 3,000 Huguenots and the slaughtered contutined over the next few days. This Massacre symbolized the com,plete breakdown of order in France. -
Creation St. Peterburg
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Cardinal Richelieu Strengthens Monarchy
Richelieu he was determined to distroy the power of the nobles and the Huguenots. He defeated the private armies of the nobles and at the same time he smashed the walled cities of the Huguenots. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Complete dissorder swepping France along with the nobles, merchants, peasants and the urban poor rebelling for their own reasons. When his successor, Mazarin, died, he took absolute control. -
Treaty of Westphalia
In 1648, the exhausted combatants accepted a series of treaties to end the war. -
Creation of Versailles
The building renovotion expansion began in 1661
