1587 in France
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Events from the year 1587 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- 20 October â Huguenot and Royalist forces clashed at the Battle of Coutras. Hugeunots under Henry of Navarre won the battle.
- 26 October â Royalist forces commanded by Henry I, Duke of Guise won the Battle of Vimory.
Full dates missing
- Construction of Couvent des Feuillants was started.[1]
- Guillaume Du Bartas was sent on a diplomatic mission to Scotland.
- Collège de France instituted Arabic lessons, with Arnoult de Lisle being the first professor of the chair of Arabic.
Births
- 30 April â Ãléonore de Bourbon, French princess (died 1619)
- 17 November â Charles Lallemant, French Jesuit (died 1674)[2]
Full dates missing
- Catherine de Sainte-Maure, French courtier (died 1648)
- Didier Palleti, French bishop (died 1658)
- Isaac de Razilly, French noble (died 1635)[3]
- Marin Boucher, French pioneer of North America (died 1671)
- Robert Giffard de Moncel, French surgeon (died 1668)
Deaths
- 23 March â Charles de Rambouillet, French cardinal (born 1530)
- 11 May â Ãlie Vinet, French humanist (born 1509)
- 24 May â Diana of Foix (birth year unknown)
- 20 October â Anne de Joyeuse, French noble and commander (born 1560)[4]
- 30 October â Charles de Vaudémont, French cardinal (born 1561)
Full dates missing
- Madeleine Des Roches, French writer (born 1520)
- Philibert du Croc, French diplomat (born 1515)[5]
