1581 in France

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Events from the year 1581 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry III

Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Catholic priest (died 1643).

Claude Bouthillier, statesman (died 1652)

Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, mathematician, linguist and poet (died 1638)

Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano, nobleman and Marshall of France (died 1626)

Achille Harlay de Sancy, diplomat (died 1646)

Clément Métezeau, engineer (died 1652)

Jean Chalette, painter (died 1643)

Odet de Turnèbe, dramatist (born 1552)

Georgette de Montenay (born 1540)

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