1598 in France

Events from the year 1598 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry IV

Events

 * April – signing of the Edict of Nantes.
 * 2 May – Peace of Vervins

Full date missing

 * Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière, politician (d. 1681)
 * Helene Boullé (d. 1684)
 * Michel Villedo, stonemason, advisor and architect (d. 1667)

Full date missing

 * Jean de Serres, historian (b. 1540)