Massacre of St Bartholomew
- the massacre of Huguenots throughout France ordered by Charles Ⅸ at the instigation of his mother, Catherine de' Medici, and begun without warning on 24 August (the feast of St Bartholomew) 1572.圣巴多罗买大屠杀（查理九世在其母亲凯瑟琳·德·梅迪奇煽动下对全法国胡格诺教徒的大屠杀, 1572年8月24日［圣巴多罗买］动手, 事先无警告）。