Events from the year 1581 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry III
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. October 15 -The Ballet Comique de la Reine was performed in the great hall of the Petit Bourbon.
Births
Date unknown Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Catholic priest (d.1643) 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) September 30 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
Date Unknown Odet de Turnèbe, dramatist (b.1552) Georgette de Montenay, author (b.1540)
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