1586 in France

Events from the year 1586 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry III

Births

 * Jacques de Bela, lawyer and writer (died 1667)
 * Antoine Boësset, musician (died 1643)
 * Joseph Le Caron, Franciscan friar and missionary to Canada (died 1632)

Deaths

 * Jean de Ferrières, nobleman (born 1520)
 * Jeanne de Gontaut, noblewoman (born c.1520)
 * George de La Hèle, composer (born 1547 in Belgium)
 * Gabrielle de Coignard, poet (born c. 1550)