1585 in France

Events from the year 1585 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry III from the house of Valois-Angoulême.

Events

 * July 7 – The Treaty of Nemours is signed, which forces Henry III of France to capitulate to the demands of the Catholic League (founded 1576) which triggers the Eighth War of Religion.
 * September 21 – Pope Sixtus V excommunicates King Henry IV, the heir presumptive to Henry III and declares him ineligible to inherit the crown.
 * By marrying Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy on 11 March, Catalina Micaela of Spain becomes the Duchess consort of Savoy from 18 March until her death in 1597.

Arts

 * Livre de mélanges by Claude Le Jeune
 * Pierre Bonnet (compositeur) is active from 1585-1600
 * Nicolas de Montreux publishes 3 pastorals named Athlette and the first volume of Les Bergeries de Juliette. The following four volumes were published in the years leading up to 1598.
 * Les Quatre premiers livres des navigations et pérégrinations en la Turquie (1568 by Nicolas de Nicolaÿ), is translated to english by Thomas Washington (translation published as The Nauigations into Turkie)

Births

 * January 6 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Grammarian and Academician (d. 1650)
 * January 8 – Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Daughter of Henri de Joyeuse and duchess of Joyeuse 1608 - 1656 (d. 1656)
 * May 6 – Guy XX de Laval, Count of Laval (Mayenne) and Baron of Quintin (d. 1605)


 * July 2 – Jean Guiton, Huguenot ship owner (d. 1654)


 * September 9 – Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, Politician and 4th Prime Minister of France (d. 1642)


 * October 15 – Louis Cappel, Protestant churchman and scholar (d. 1658)

Full date unknown

 * Constant d'Aubigné, Nobleman (d. 1647)
 * Mathias Balifre, Singer of the Chapelle royale under Louis XIII (d. 1641)
 * Jacques Bordier, Lawyer at the Parliament of Paris and Intendant des finances from 1649 to 1660 (d. 1660)
 * Catherine of Mayenne, Aristocrat (d. 1618)
 * Isaac Briot, Engraver and draughtsman (died 1670)
 * Nicolas Signac, Composer (d. 1645)
 * Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, Merchant and Adventurer in the Caribbean (d. 1636)
 * Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet, Marshal of France (d. 1636)
 * Pierre Dumonstier II, Artist (d. 1656)
 * Adrienne d'Heur, Alleged French witch that was burned in 1646.
 * Jacques Cousinot, Louis XIV's Premier médecin du roi (d. 1646)
 * Nicolas-Hugues Ménard (latinized: Hugo Menardus), Benedictine scholar (d. 1644)
 * Francis Garasse, Jesuit, preacher, polemicist and writer. (d. 1631)

Probable

 * Jean Androuet du Cerceau, Architect (d. 1650)
 * Claudine de Culam, Girl executed in 1601 for commiting the act of bestiality with a dog.
 * Jacques Lemercier, Architect (d. 1654)

Deaths

 * March 11 – Jean-François Salvard, Reformed theologian and editor (b. c. 1530)


 * June 4 – Marc Antoine Muret (latinized: Muretus), Humanist (b. 1526)


 * June 15 – Jacques de Savoie, Duke of Nemours, Nobleman and military commander, governor of Lyonnais and Prince Étranger (b. 1531)
 * July – Georges d'Armagnac – Humanist and cardinal (b. c. 1501)
 * November 5 – Pontus De la Gardie, Nobleman (b. c.  1520)
 * November 29 – Matthieu Cointerel, Cardinal (b. 1519)
 * September 19 – François de Noailles, Bishop of Dax, French ambassador in Venice and the Ottoman Empire (b. 1519)
 * December 27 – Pierre de Ronsard, Poet (b. 1524)

Full date uncertain

 * Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau – Engraver and Architect (b. 1510)
 * Louise de Cipierre, Court official and Première dame d'honneur from 1583 until her death in 1585. (birth date unknown)