Stockholm Bloodbath

Target entity: Stockholm Bloodbath
Context triple: [Kalmar Union, conflict, Stockholm Bloodbath]

• A. Massacre of Vassy
  The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
• B. Sack of Magdeburg
  The Sack of Magdeburg was a devastating 1631 assault during the Thirty Years' War in which Imperial and Catholic League forces destroyed the Protestant city of Magdeburg, killing thousands and shocking contemporary Europe with its brutality.
• C. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
• D. Defenestration of Prague (1618)
  The Defenestration of Prague (1618) was a pivotal incident in which Protestant nobles threw Catholic officials out of a castle window in Prague, triggering the outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War.
• E. Kalmar War
  The Kalmar War was an early 17th-century conflict between Sweden and Denmark-Norway over control of trade routes and territorial dominance in Scandinavia.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Stockholm Bloodbath
Target entity description: The Stockholm Bloodbath was a 1520 mass execution of Swedish nobles and clergy in Stockholm, ordered by Danish King Christian II, which helped trigger the end of the Kalmar Union and the rise of Swedish independence.

• A. Massacre of Vassy
  The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
• B. Sack of Magdeburg
  The Sack of Magdeburg was a devastating 1631 assault during the Thirty Years' War in which Imperial and Catholic League forces destroyed the Protestant city of Magdeburg, killing thousands and shocking contemporary Europe with its brutality.
• C. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
• D. Defenestration of Prague (1618)
  The Defenestration of Prague (1618) was a pivotal incident in which Protestant nobles threw Catholic officials out of a castle window in Prague, triggering the outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War.
• E. Kalmar War
  The Kalmar War was an early 17th-century conflict between Sweden and Denmark-Norway over control of trade routes and territorial dominance in Scandinavia.
• F. None of above. chosen