1596 in France
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Events from the year 1596 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
Births
- 31 March â René Descartes, French philosopher (died 1650 in Sweden)[2]
- 6 June â Michel Particelli d'Ãmery (died 1650)
- 5 November â Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman (died 1657)
- 11 November â Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (died 1663)
Deaths
- 19 February â Blaise de Vigenère, diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist (born 1523)
- 5 May â Catherine de Montpensier, politically active duchess (born 1552)
- 3 October â Florent Chrestien, satirist and poet (born 1541)
- 1 November â Pierre Pithou, lawyer and scholar (born 1539)
Full date missing
- Jean Bodin, philosopher and politician (born 1530)[3]
- Madeleine de lâAubespine, aristocrat and writer (born 1546)[4]
