Events from the year 1581 in
France
Incumbents
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Monarch –
Henry III
Events
Births
Full date missing
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Jean du Vergier de Hauranne
Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, the Abbé (Abbot) of Saint-Cyran, (1581 – 6 October 1643) was a French Catholic priest who introduced Jansenism into France.
Life
Born in the city of Bayonne to a noble family, Vergier studied theology at the Catho ...
, Catholic priest (died 1643)
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Claude Bouthillier, statesman (died 1652)
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Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, mathematician, linguist and poet (died 1638)
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Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano, nobleman and Marshall of France (died 1626)
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Achille Harlay de Sancy, diplomat (died 1646)
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Clément Métezeau, engineer (died 1652)
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Jean Chalette (baptised 27 December), painter (died 1643)
Deaths
*6 September –
Guillaume Postel, linguist (born 1510)
Full date missing
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Odet de Turnèbe, dramatist (born 1552)
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Georgette de Montenay (born 1540)
See also
References
1580s in France
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