1589 in France

Events from the year 1589 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry III (until August 2), then Henry IV

Events

• August 1 – 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

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

Full date missing

• Jérôme Bignon, lawyer (d.1656)
• Jean Sirmond, poet (d.1649)

Deaths

• January 5 – Catherine de' Medici, Italian noblewoman and Queen of France (b. 1519 in Italy)
• August 1 – Jacques Clément, conspirator and the killer of king Henry III (b.1567)
• August 2 – Henry III of France, King of France from 1574 to 1589 (b.1551)
• September 19 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, poet (b. 1532)
• Charles Dançay, French diplomat (b. 1510)

See also

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