1561

Conspiracy of Amboise

1561

A group of Huguenot nobles plotted to seize the sickly young king Francis II from his Guise advisors at the chateau of Amboise. The plot was betrayed and the conspirators were beheaded or drowned in the Loire. The Wars of Religion had a grim rehearsal in the bloodstained battlements of Amboise.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1560: Scottish Reformation Parliament
After: March 1, 1562: Massacre of Vassy

Before and after in Politics

Before: December 5, 1560: Francis II Dies, Catherine Becomes Regent
After: October 1, 1562: John Hawkins's First Slave Voyage

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Amboise conspiracy