1580 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1580 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1580 in France
Events
- March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
Births
- April 24 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
- September 15 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
- December 1 – 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)
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