1580 in France

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1580
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France

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History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1580 in France

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchHenry III

Events[]

  • March 1Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.

Births[]

  • April 24Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
  • September 15Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
  • December 1Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
  • date unknown
    • Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and instrument inventor (d. 1637)
    • Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, French Huguenot leader (d. 1642)

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