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1594 In France
Events from the year 1594 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Henry IV of France, Henry IV Events *6 to 17 September – Siege of Morlaix (1594), Siege of Morlaix *1 to 19 November – Siege of Fort Crozon Births *June – Nicolas Poussin, painter (d. 1665) *8 December – Pierre Petit (engineer), Pierre Petit, astronomer, physicist, mathematician and instrument maker (d. 1677) Full date missing *Charles Audran, engraver (d. 1674) *Noël Quillerier, painter (d. 1669) *Pierre de Saint-Joseph, French Cistercian monk, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1662) *Jacques de Serisay, poet, intendant of the duc de Duc de La Rochefoucauld, La Rochefoucauld, and the founding director of the Académie française (d. 1653) Deaths *29 December – Jean Châtel (b. 1575) Full date missing *Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, prince and cardinal (b. 1562) *Claude Dupuy (jurist), Claude Dupuy jurist, humanist and bibliophile, (b. 1545) See also References 159 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
