On August 24, 1572, Roman Catholics murdered Admiral Gaspard de Coligny along with 30,000 other Huguenots (French Protestants) in the city of Paris. Over 70,000 Protestants were butchered in the provinces of France.

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” (Psalm 116:15).

Sources:

1. The Illustrated Dictionary of World History, by William L. Langer, vol. i, p. 404.

2. The Engineer Corps of Hell, by Edwin A. Sherman, p. 22.