Events from the year 1588 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry III
Events 12 May – The Day of the Barricades in Paris
Births
Full date missing Pierre Séguier, statesman, chancellor of France (d.1672) Guillaume Bautru, satirical poet (d.1665) Claude Deruet, painter (d.1660) Étienne Pascal (d.1651) Louis Cellot, Jesuit (d.1658) Marin Mersenne, theologian, mathematician and music theorist (d.1648) Claudius Salmasius, classical scholar (d.1653)
Deaths
5 March – Henri I, Prince of Condé (b.1552)
Full date missing Jean Daurat, poet and scholar (b.1508)
See also
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