1608 in France

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Events from the year 1608 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry IV

Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny, Foreign Minister (died 1652)

14 May – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born 1543).

Nicolas Rapin, magistrate (born 1535)

Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, poet (born 1536)

Nicolas de Montreux, nobleman, novelist, poet and playwright (born c.1561)

Petrus Morinus, biblical scholar (born 1531)

Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis, statesman (born c.1535)

Henri, Duke of Joyeuse, military officer (born 1563)

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