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August 24 – St. Bartholomew's Day massacre: Catholics in Paris murder thousands of Protestants, including Gaspard de Coligny and Petrus Ramus, at the order of King Charles IX, with Catherine de Medici's connivance. Henry of Navarre and the Prince of Condé barely escape the same fate.
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August 24 – St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris....
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Also called: B Cassiopeiae or SN 1572. Tycho's Nova. Supernova remnant of Tycho's Nova. Tycho’s Nova, one of the few recorded supernovas in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe first observed the “new star” on Nov. 11, 1572. Other European observers claimed to have noticed it as early as the preceding August, but Tycho ...
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Mar 15, 2024 · Charles IX. Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day, massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris on August 24/25, 1572, plotted by Catherine de’ Medici and carried out by Roman Catholic nobles and other citizens. It was one event in the series of civil wars between Roman Catholics and Huguenots that beset France in the late 16th century.
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Oct 18, 2019 · In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object in the constellation Cassiopeia.Adding fuel to the intellectual fire that Copernicus started, Tycho showed this “new star” was far beyond the Moon, and that it was possible for the universe beyond the Sun and planets to change.
Jun 9 Army of William I of Orange occupies Gelderland. Leader of the Dutch Revolt William I of Orange. Jun 11 Spanish co-land guardian Duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock. Jun 19 Garrison under Dutch Resisteance leader Adrian van Swieten occupies Oudewater. Jun 21 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda.
