 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Usiku hwaAugust 23-24 1572, apo maPurotesitendi mazhinji akatanhamara anobva muFrance yose akanga ari muParis pamusana pomuchato waHenry weNavarre - Mambo womunguva yemberi Henry IV - kuna Margaret weValois, hanzvadzi yaCharles IX, dare roumambo rakasarudza kuuraya vatungamiriri vePurotesitendi. Kuuraya kwacho kwakanangwa nokukurumidza kwakachinja kuva kuurayiwa kukuru kwevaPurotesitendi nemhomho dzevaKaturike, kunozivikanwa seKuuraya kwezuva raSt. Bartholomew, uye yakaramba ichipfuurira muna August naSeptember, ichipararira kubva kuParis kuenda kune dzimwe nyika dzose. MaPurotesitendi anenge zviuru zvitatu akaurayiwa muParis uye zviuru zvishanu kusvika kugumi kune dzimwe nzvimbo muFrance. 