The Massacre of the Danes settled in Wessex, by Æthelred the Unready, on St. Brice’s day, 1002.
St. Esprit, Order of the.
A French order of knighthood, founded by Henri III in 1578. It ceased to exist after the revolution of 1830.
St. George, Company of.
The first body of regular troops raised in Italy. It was formed by Count Barbiano about 1379.
St. Germains, Treaty of.
A treaty between Charles IX and the Huguenots, signed in 1570. It granted to the Huguenots the right of worshipping according to their own rites in private houses, with certain restrictions as to the numbers present. The Reformed Religion was to be maintained in those towns which had held out for the Huguenot cause up to the signing of the treaty, and four towns, La Rochelle, Cognac, Montauban and La Charité, were given them as places of safety.
St. Hubert, Order of.
An ancient Bavarian order of knighthood, founded in 1444, by Gerard V, Count of Ravensberg. It is conferred only on members of the Bavarian Royal Family, foreign sovereigns, princes and barons.