1589 in France
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Events from the year 1589 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- August 1 â 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 â Battle of Arques
Births
Full date missing
- Jérôme Bignon, lawyer (d.1656)[3]
- Jean Sirmond, poet (d.1649)
Deaths
- January 5 â Catherine de' Medici, Italian noblewoman and Queen of France (b. 1519 in Italy)[4]
- August 1 â Jacques Clément, conspirator and the killer of king Henry III (b.1567)
- August 2 â Henry III of France, King of France from 1574 to 1589 (b.1551)[1]
- September 19 â Jean-Antoine de Baïf, poet (b. 1532)
- Charles Dançay, French diplomat (b. 1510)
