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)
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