1596 in France explained

Events from the year 1596 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Henry IV^[1]

Events

• Siege of Calais
• Tract of alliance between England, France and the United Netherlands

Births

• 31 March  - René Descartes, French philosopher (died 1650 in Sweden)^[2]
• 6 June  - Michel Particelli d'Emery (died 1650)
• 5 November  - Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman (died 1657)
• 11 November  - Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (died 1663)

Deaths

• 19 February  - Blaise de Vigenère, diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist (born 1523)
• 5 May  - Catherine de Montpensier, politically active duchess (born 1552)
• 3 October  - Florent Chrestien, satirist and poet (born 1541)
• 1 November  - Pierre Pithou, lawyer and scholar (born 1539)

Full date missing

• Jean Bodin, philosopher and politician (born 1530)^[3]
• Madeleine de l’Aubespine, aristocrat and writer (born 1546)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610) . www.metmuseum.org . 7 June 2022.
2. Web site: Rene Descartes Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, ‘I Think, Therefore I Am,’ & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 15 August 2022 . en.
3. Encyclopedia: Bodin, Jean . . 3 . 1915 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 29 August 2015 .
4. Web site: Selected Poems and Translations: A Bilingual Edition . University of Chicago Press . University of Chicago Press . 13 May 2023 . en.