1590 in France

Events from the year 1590 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry IV

Events

• 14 March – Battle of Ivry
• May to September – Siege of Paris

Births

Full date missing

• François Perrier, painter (died 1650)

Deaths

Full date missing

• Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet (born 1544)
• André Thévet, priest, explorer and cosmographer (born 1516)
• Charles de Bourbon, cardinal (born 1523)
• Germain Pilon, sculptor (born c.1525)
• Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau, architect (born 1544/47)
• Ambroise Paré, barber surgeon (born c.1510)

See also

References