1592 in France

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Events from the year 1592 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry IV

December 1591 to May 1592 – Siege of Rouen

21 to 24 May – Battle of Craon

22 January – Pierre Gassendi, philosopher, scientist, mathematician and astronomer (died 1655)

10 July – Pierre d'Hozier, genealogist (died 1660)

1 August – François le Métel de Boisrobert, poet and playwright (died 1662)

18 September – Jean Guyon, patriarch (died 1663)

Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme (died 1669)

13 September – Michel de Montaigne, philosopher and essayist (born 1533)

Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, soldier (born 1524).

Michel de Castelnau, soldier and diplomat (born c.1520)

Amadis Jamyn, poet (born 1538)

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