Three Henrys Die
1589
The French Wars of Religion reached a climax when Henry III of France had the Duke of Guise assassinated at Blois and was then himself assassinated by a Dominican friar. Henry of Navarre inherited a kingdom in ruins. Three Henrys had died in a year, and a new dynasty, the Bourbons, had begun.
In context
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1588: Rome's Obelisk Raised
- After: 1590: Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg
Before and after in Politics
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.