1589 in France

Updated on Oct 02, 2024

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Events from the year 1589 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry III; Henry IV

1 August –Henry III was stabbed with a knife, and died the next day. Henry IV of France's succession was followed by a four-year long war.

15 to 16 September – Battle of Arques

28 May – Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, Conseiller d'Etat (died 1674)

Jérôme Bignon, lawyer (died 1656).

Jean Sirmond, poet (died 1649)

1 August – Jacques Clément, conspirator and the killer of king Henry III

2 August – Henry III of France, king (born 1551)

19 September – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, poet (born 1532)

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