Events from the year 1581 in France
Incumbents
Events
- King Henry III established a secret inner council to conduct state affairs in private, this council brought two men, Anne de Joyeuse and Jean Louis de la Valette to prominence in French politics.[2]
- October 15 -The Ballet Comique de la Reine was performed in the great hall of the Petit Bourbon.[3]
Births
Date Unknown
- Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Catholic priest (d.1643)[4]
- Claude Bouthillier, statesman (d.1652)
- Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, mathematician, linguist and poet (d.1638)
- Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano, nobleman and Marshall of France (d.1626)
- Achille Harlay de Sancy, diplomat (d.1646)
- Clément Métezeau, engineer (d.1652)
- Jean Chalette (baptised 27 December), painter (d.1643)
Deaths
- September 6 – Guillaume Postel, linguist (b.1510)[5]
- September 30 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)[6]
Date Unknown
- Odet de Turnèbe, dramatist (b.1552)
- Georgette de Montenay, author (b.1540)
See also
References
- ^ "Henri III, King of France". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Carroll, Stuart (2009). Martyrs and murderers: the Guise family and the making of Europe. Oxford: Oxford university press. ISBN 978-0-19-922907-9.
- ^ "Le Ballet comique de la Reine". Opéra Baroque (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1917). "Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 6 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Sgarbi, Marco (27 October 2022). Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer Nature. p. 2665. ISBN 978-3-319-14169-5.
- ^ Chevreul, Henri (1856). Hubert Languet (in French). Paris L. Potier.