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Events on Saturday 24 April 1655 1
1655Massacre of the Waldensians in PiedmontSavoyard troops kill Protestant villagers in the AlpsTroops of the Duke of Savoy attacked Waldensian Protestant communities in the Piedmontese valleys, killing an estimated 1,700 people in what became known as the Piedmontese Easter. News of the massacre caused outrage across Protestant Europe, and English poet John Milton commemorated the victims in his sonnet On the Late Massacre in Piedmont. Oliver Cromwell's government raised funds and diplomatic protests on behalf of the survivors.