Dictionary definition: Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of St
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      276 words ...Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of St. The massacre of a large number of Huguenots which took place on the night of 23–4 Aug. 1572 and the two following days in Paris and other French cities.

Encyclopedia entry: Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
World Encyclopedia;      321 words ...Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre (August 24, 1572) Mass murder of Huguenots (French Protestants) on St Bartholomew's feast day. The Huguenot leaders gathered in Paris for the marriage of Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV ). On orders ...

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AAP Sports News (Australia);  February 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ...AAP Sports News (Australia) 02-13-2004 Depleted Irish praying to avoid St Valentines Day massacre by Pirate Irwin (PICTURES) PARIS, Feb 13 (AFP) - The last thing Ireland needed after the last walloping they took from France was ...

Article: St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
Calliope;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... most of France in the early 1570s. In Paris, however, tensions were still running ... 1572. Many prominent Huguenots stayed in Paris after the marriage, hoping to gain the ... against them. Rumors soon spread throughout Paris that a Protestant army was lurking outside ...

Article: Is Valentine's Day massacre on the cards?
Evening News - Scotland;  February 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Beck then came back to London with me, where I was based at the time, and we continued our relationship. We even went to Paris together for the weekend. I knew Beck had just started a relationship at the time, and that it was very early days, so I ...

Article: Valentine Day Massacre
The Washington Post;  February 18, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... not forget. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre remains a staple of gangster lore ... this most recent Saint Valentine's Day massacre was even more horrible than its Chicago ... comparison, the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre outraged the nation. The federal government ...

Article: Memorial Day Massacre
Dictionary of American History;      662 words ...MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE (1937). In the spring of 1937 the Steel Workers' Organizing ... Y.: ILR Press, 1987. Leab, Daniel J. "The Memorial Day Massacre." Midcontinent American Studies Journal 8, no. 2 (1967 ...