On March 1, 1562, a massacre of Protestants by Catholics occurred in the French town of Vassili, which was the leading line of the famous First Religious War in French history.

In the 16th century, in France, the monarchy faced a serious crisis, with various conflicts sharp in the country, and various groups of feudal aristocracy and kings were fighting for each other's power.

A group called the Huguenots. It was a religious reformist, whose founder was Calvin. The famous religious reformist, for advocating new religious reforms, in France at the time, was persecuted by the kings and the Catholic Church, so he was forced to flee to Switzerland. Soon, he founded a new religious denomination, the Calvinist denomination, centered in Geneva, and its influence grew, and later even the French bourgeoisie, the craftsmen and the Southern nobles who were dissatisfied with the church and the kings joined the Calvinists. They called themselves ¡°Huguenots,¡± meaning ¡°supporters of the religious reform in Geneva.¡±

The other faction, called the "Catholic League", is a feudal aristocratic group, mainly composed of nobles from the northeastern and central provinces of France. They were the pillars and assistants of the king, controlling many important positions in the government and the church, and wielding unlimited power. Their heads were mainly Duke Francois Gese, the commander-in-chief of the army, and Charles Gese of Lorraine, the cardinal who held the power of internal affairs.

There is a profound conflict of interest between the two religious factions, each with the protection of the religious rules, the doctrine of the flag, the spire, the anger, and the contradictions are increasingly sharpened.

On March 1, 1562, François Geiss was passing through the town of Vassy with his soldiers, when he heard Huguenots praying and singing hymns from a large barn. Geston began to kill and ordered his troops to attack the unarmed Huguenots. In the light of swords and swords, 23 people were immediately killed and more than 10,000 people were injured. Waxi Town was in a pool of blood for a while, and the sound of sorrow shook the world.

Then, government troops held up butcher knives in other cities, and bloody incidents to suppress Protestants occurred one after another, and the situation in the whole country suddenly became tense. For self-defense and resistance, the Huguenots also armed against armed repression. In this way, the first religious war in French history, which lasted for more than 30 years, finally broke out. It was not until King Henry IV issued an "Amnesty Order": recognizing Catholicism as the state religion, allowing Huguenots to have freedom of belief and worship, and enjoy equal rights in holding public office, that this protracted religious war subsided.