Deaths on August 24

Gaspard II de Coligny

Died on August 24, 1572

Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519)

Gaspard de Coligny (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and Admiral of France, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion and a close friend of—and advisor to—the French king, Charles IX.

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Events on 1572

16 Jan

Ridolfi plot
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
1 Apr

Capture of Brielle
In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
18 Aug

Henry IV of France
Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
23 Aug

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

Deaths on August 24

Gaspard II de Coligny

Died on August 24, 1572

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Events on 1572

Ridolfi plot

Capture of Brielle

Henry IV of France

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre