1605 in France

Events from the year 1605 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry IV

Events
In North America, the French abandoned their settlement on the St. Croix River (Nova Scotia) after a disastrous winter.

Births

 * 28 September – Ismaël Bullialdus, astronomer and mathematician (died 1694)

Full date missing

 * Pierre Patel, painter (died 1676)
 * Jean de Montpezat de Carbon, bishop (died 1685)

Deaths

 * 4 August – Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman (born 1556)
 * 23 September – Pontus de Tyard, poet (born c.1521)
 * 13 October – Theodore Beza, Protestant reformer (born 1519)
 * 3 December – Guy XX de Laval, nobleman (born 1585)