For 10 points, name this 1572 massacre of over 30,000 Huguenots which occurred on a certain saint's day.
One of its victims may have lamented that he was killed at "[the hands] of a valet", or he may have unsuccessfully pleaded with Besme the German to "respect these white hairs". It was the result of a fight that broke out during the wedding of Marguerite of Valois, and the aforementioned Gaspard de Coligny was its most famous victim. Scholars differ as to whether Henry of Guise or Catherine de Medici was the orchestrator of this attack. For 10 points, name this 1572 massacre of over 30,000 Huguenots which occurred on a certain saint's day.
One of its victims may have lamented that he was killed at "[the hands] of a valet", or he may have unsuccessfully pleaded with Besme the German to "respect these white hairs".
St. {Bartholomew's} Day {Massacre} [or Massacre de la Saint-{Barthélemy}]