1577 in France
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Events from the year 1577 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- May 2 â La Charite falls to the besieging royal army followed by Issoire a month later, as part of the King's offensive against the Huguenots in the Sixth War of Religion.[2]
- September 17 â The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between king Henry III and the Huguenots and ended the Sixth War of Religion.[2][3]
Births
- November 14 âFrançois Leclerc du Tremblay. French Frier. (d.1638).
- December 25 â Noël Brûlart de Sillery, French diplomat (d.1640).
Deaths
- January 23 â Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of MercÅur (b.1524).
- March 25 â Louis III de La Trémoille French nobleman, (b.1521).
- July 24 â Blaise de Monluc, prolific French soldier. (b.1502).
