What is Wassy?

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Wassy or Wassy-sur-Blaise is a commune of the Haute-Marne département, in France. Population (1999): 3,294.

History

On March 1, 1562, a faction of the Catholic Francis, Duke of Guise attacked a Huguenot service in Wassy, marking the start of the First War of Religion in France.

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Haute-Marne

Coat of arms of the Haute-Marne department
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Administration
Department number: 52
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Prefecture: Chaumont
Subprefectures: Langres
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Francis II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale (February 17, 1519 – February 24, 1563), called Balafré ("the scarred"), was a French soldier and politician.
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From the 16th to the 18th century the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists.
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The French Wars of Religion, (1562 to 1598) were a series of conflicts in France fought between Catholics and Huguenots (Protestants) from the middle of the sixteenth century to the Edict of Nantes in 1598, including civil infighting as well as military operations.
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