Word: arquebus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Catherine, it seemed easier to assassinate Coligny than to reason with him. But just as the official murderer discharged his arquebus at Coligny, the Protestant leader bent to adjust a shoe. Admiral Coligny was merely wounded. Later one autumn afternoon, Catherine gathered her closest counselors in the Tuileries Gardens. With the Protestants aroused and Coligny still dangerous, she abruptly decided that the solution was a slaughter of the most important Protestant leaders...
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