Massacre Collection (page 3)

France Beziers
General view of the town in south-west France, notorious for its massacre of protestants in 1209

Russian Jews Massacred
Massacre of Jews at Berezowka

Jewish Purim
Amsterdam Jews celebrate PURIM, commemorating the defeat of Hamans plot to massacre the Jews

Indonesia Moluccas
General view of Amboina, scene of a notorious massacre during the period of Dutch occupation

Madagascar Massacre
Massacre of a huge number of people outside the town of Diego Suarez in northern Madagascar, possibly by the Portuguese. It would be nice to know more

Medici / St Bartholomew
Catherine de Medicis urges her 22-year old son Charles IX to massacre all the Huguenot leaders in one fell swoop. He reluctantly agrees, and a blood-bath ensues

Massacres at Lyon
Six thousand people are slaughtered by revolutionary forces when they finally take Lyon, which has resisted the extremist activities of the Paris authorities

Clan Macdonald of Glenco
Clan MACDONALD OF GLENCO [spelt thus] - his mournful face shows he is remembering the 1692 massacre of his clan by Campbell of Breadalbane, and perhaps plotting revenge

Catherine Praying
Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henri II of France, at prayer (possibly asking forgiveness for authorising the massacre of the Huguenots, but probably not)

ST BARTHOLOMEWs 1572
Admiral Coligny was one of the first victims of the massacre of the Huguenots ordered by King Charles and his mother, Catherine de Medici

Burning of Limoges
The Burning and massacre of Limoges

Massacre of Hurons
Betrayed by the false promises of the Jesuits, the Hurons protect their escape from Canada, but are themselves massacred by the Iroquois, their traditional enemies

Romans Massacre Druids
Romans under governor Suetonius Paulinus massacre Druids in Anglesey

1848 / Massacre / Castelnuov
Napoli royalists massacre liberals at Castelnuovo

Q. Eliz. Receives French
Queen Elizabeth receives the French Ambassadors after the news of the massacre of St. Bartholomew

Catherine Medicis / Clouet
CATHERINE DE MEDICIS queen of Henri II of France, in the year she authorised the Massacre of St Bartholomews day

Massacre at Washita / 1869
The US cavalry massacre native Americans in their camp at Washita

Massacre at Marheito
French colonial commissioner Bernard with the support of 18 men hold out against 3000 Ethiopians of the Assaimara tribe before being massacred at Marhieto Date: 1935

Events / Ireland 1798
Rebels massacre prisoners at Scullarborgue

Ethelfrith / Massacre / Monk
AEthelfrith (Ethelfrid) massacres the monks of Bangor

Zulu Ghost Cartoon / 1892
A Zulu ghost condemns John Bull for the massacre in Uganda

Boston Massacre / Pyle
THE BOSTON MASSACRE British troops open fire on an angry mob

Massacre in Paris
Massacres in Paris, which lasted six days and resulted in over 1, 368 deaths

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib5
Act 4 scene 6 - the Huguenot Raoul, who has learnt the massacre plan, leaves his Catholic love Valentine to warn his fellow-protestants

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib4
Act 4 scene 5 - priests bless the swords of the Catholics who are about to slaughter the Huguenots in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib3
Act three - the warriors of Selika, queen of Madagascar, board Don Pedros ship and massacre the Portuguese : Vasco survives, but only just

Uk Event / Toon / 1819 / Cruik
Satirical view of the free- born Englishman following the Peterloo massacre and the six acts that followed

Henry Hunt Mp / Chater
HENRY HUNT English radical politician, k.a. Orator Hunt Presided at reform meeting broken up in Peterloo Massacre

EVENTS / USA
BOSTON MASSACRE British troops open fire on an angry mob protesting against an attack by a British sentry on a young American barber named Edward Garrick

1798 Rebels Take Barrack
Surprise of the Barrack of Prosperous : armed Irish rebels set fire to barracks, forcing occupants to leap from first- floor windows onto spears below

Anglesey Massacre
The Druids of Anglesey, in North Wales, are massacred by the Romans by order of the governor Suetonius Paulinus

Massacre of Dominicans at Sandomir, Poland
At Sandomir (now Sandomierz), a city on the River Vistula in south east Poland, 49 Dominicans are massacred by Tartars (or Tatars) invading from the east

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