1580 in France

Events from the year 1580 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry III

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)
 * Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, French Huguenot leader (d. 1642)

Deaths

 * Renée de Dinteville
 * Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly