1589 in France
Events from the year 1589 in France
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Events
Assassination of Henry III of France
- 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
Births
- 28 May – Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, Conseiller d'Etat (died 1674)
Full date missing
- Jérôme Bignon, lawyer (died 1656)[3]
- Jean Sirmond, poet (died 1649)
Deaths
- 5 January – Catherine de' Medici, Italian noblewoman and Queen of France (born 1519 in Italy)[4]
- 1 August – Jacques Clément, conspirator and the killer of king Henry III
- 2 August – Henry III of France, king (born 1551)[1]
- 19 September – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, poet (born 1532)
- Charles Dançay, French diplomat (born 1510)
See also
References
- "Henry III | king of France and Poland | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- "Henry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Bignon, Jérôme". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 212. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- "Catherine de' Medici | Biography, Death, Children, Reign, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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