* 1572 – In the Eighty Years ' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

* 1572 – Mob violence against Huguenots in Paris – St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

* 1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician ( d. 1632 )

* 1655 – Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat ( b. 1572 )

* the bronze statue Goddess Opi ( 1572 – 75 ), Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Pius V ( pope 1566 – 1572 ), however, while sanctioning those which could show at least 200 years of existence, made the Roman obligatory in all other places.

* 12 Kings and Queens of Navarre ( 1305 – 1441, 1572 – 1792 )

** Henry III ( 1572 – 1610 )

* 1572 – Jan Campanus, Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist ( d. 1622 )

* 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect ( b. 1512 )

** MacCaffrey Wallace T. The Shaping of the Elizabethan Regime: Elizabethan Politics, 1558 – 1572 ( 1969 )

** MacCaffrey Wallace T. Queen Elizabeth and the Making of Policy, 1572 – 1588 ( 1988 )

* Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ( 1572 – 1632 )

* 1505 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian ( d. 1572 )

* 1572 – Elizabeth I of England issues a proclamation which revokes all commissions on account of the frauds which they had fostered.

* 1519 – Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader ( d. 1572 )

As state flag it first appeared around 1572 as the Prince's Flag in orange – white – blue.

* Pedro de Gante, Franciscan missionary in Mexico ( c. 1480 – 1572 )

Galeazzo Alessi ( 1512 – December 30, 1572 ) was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture.

* Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ( 1503 – 1572 )

The most influential figure was theologian John Knox ( 1510 – 1572 ), who had lived in Switzerland and was a disciple of both Calvin and Wishart.

Ganassa had performed in Paris in 1571 and 1572, and further transformations of the character occurred in France, where Arlecchino was performed at the Comédie-Italienne in Italian by Tristano Martinelli, Giovan Battista Andreini, and Angelo Costantini ( c. 1654 – 1729 ).

During one event, the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew ( 1572 ), some ten to twenty thousand men, women, and children were massacred by Catholic mobs, chiefly in Paris, but also throughout France.

In return, she came to be blamed for the excessive persecutions carried out under her sons ' rule, in particular for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, in which thousands of Huguenots were killed in Paris and throughout France.

In what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 24 August – 3 October 1572, Catholics killed thousands of Huguenots in Paris.

It is set in Paris in August 1572 during the reign of Charles IX ( a member of the Valois dynasty ) and the French Wars of Religion.

The worst was the notorious St. Bartholomew ’ s Day Massacre in Paris on August 24, 1572.

Tensions were further raised when in May 1572 the news reached Paris that a French Huguenot army under Louis of Nassau had crossed from France to the Netherlandish province of Hainault and captured the Catholic strongholds of Mons and Valenciennes ( now in Belgium and France, respectively ).

After the wedding on the 18 August 1572, Coligny and the leading Huguenots remained in Paris in order to discuss some outstanding grievances about the Peace of St. Germain with the king.

Charles IX in front of the Paris Parlement on 26 August 1572, justifying the Saint Bartholomew massacre as a response to a Huguenot plot.

Historians cite the extreme tension and bitterness that led to the powder-keg atmosphere of Paris in August 1572.

For the first time in England milled, or machine-produced, coins were produced by Eloye Mestrell, an ex-employee of the Paris mint, between 1560 and 1572, but while the milled issue was fairly successful there was animosity towards Mestrell by other employees of the Tower mint who feared for their jobs, which ultimately led to his dismissal.

* Sefer ha-Kabbalah, with Latin translation by G. Génébrard, Mantua, 1519, Paris, 1572, Cracow, 1820 ;

Stories placing Bodin again in Paris and in danger during the St Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 are late reports and unverifiable: his whereabouts at that time are unknown.

In 1572, Vieta was in Paris during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

* De moribus veterum Gallorum ( Paris, 1559 ; second edition, Basel, 1572 )

** Dialogi Selectiores, Paris 1572

# Henri ( 30 June 1572, Paris – 13 August 1574 )

It prompted fierce religious intolerance in Paris and eventually led to the 1572, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

* De Anni Ratione, or De Computo Ecclesiastico, printed, Paris, 1550, 1572, 8vo.

In that story, the Doctor and Steven travel to 1572 Paris, where they witness the persecution of the city's Huguenot population.

Sempill was present at the siege of Leith ( 1559-1560 ), was in Paris in 1572, but fled the country after the massacre of St Bartholomew.

Adrian Le Roy & Robert Ballard, Paris 1556 ; 1557 ( second édition ); 1 in the third édition of 1559 ; 1572 ( fourth édition ); 1573 ( fifth édition ); 1575 ( sixth édition )

The arrival of the TARDIS in Paris, France in 1572 places its occupants, the First Doctor and Steven Taylor, in a dangerous situation.