1580 in France
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Events from the year 1580 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- March 1 â Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
Births
- April 24 â Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
- September 15 â Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
- December 1 â Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
Date unknown
- Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and instrument inventor (d. 1637)
- Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, French Huguenot leader (d. 1642)
Deaths
- September 20 â Honorat II of Savoy, French Navy admiral (b.1511)
Date unknown
- Renée de Dinteville - Princess-Abbess of Remiremont (b. unknown)
- Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly - French noblewoman and King Francis I's mistress (b.1508)
