1587 in France

Events from the year 1587 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry III

Events

 * 20 October – Huguenot and Royalist forces clashed at the Battle of Coutras. Hugeunots under Henry of Navarre won the battle.
 * 26 October – Royalist forces commanded by Henry I, Duke of Guise won the Battle of Vimory.

Full dates missing

 * Construction of Couvent des Feuillants was started.
 * Guillaume Du Bartas was sent on a diplomatic mission to Scotland.
 * Collège de France instituted Arabic lessons, with Arnoult de Lisle being the first professor of the chair of Arabic.

Births

 * 30 April – Éléonore de Bourbon, French princess (died 1619)
 * 17 November – Charles Lallemant, French Jesuit (died 1674)

Full dates missing

 * Catherine de Sainte-Maure, French courtier (died 1648)
 * Didier Palleti, French bishop (died 1658)
 * Isaac de Razilly, French noble (died 1635)
 * Marin Boucher, French pioneer of North America (died 1671)
 * Robert Giffard de Moncel, French surgeon (died 1668)

Deaths

 * 23 March – Charles de Rambouillet, French cardinal (born 1530)
 * 11 May – Élie Vinet, French humanist (born 1509)
 * 24 May – Diana of Foix (birth year unknown)
 * 20 October – Anne de Joyeuse, French noble and commander (born 1560)
 * 30 October – Charles de Vaudémont, French cardinal (born 1561)

Full dates missing

 * Madeleine Des Roches, French writer (born 1520)
 * Philibert du Croc, French diplomat (born 1515)