Many political and religious factors (tensions between the military and civilians in the French nobility and between Catholics and Protestants) will contribute to the most tragic events of the war of religions. The massacre of Protestants began the day of St. Bartholomew will 3000 victims in the capital and in the provinces will continue until October.
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- Discovery of two new natural satellites for Saturn - August, 16 2004
- Nagasaki atomic bombings - August, 9 1945
- Madagascar becomes a French colony - August, 6 1896
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima - August, 6 1945
- Explosions at the Port of Beirut - August, 4 2020