1594 in France

Events from the year 1594 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Henry IV

Events 6 to 17 September – Siege of Morlaix 1 to 19 November – Siege of Fort Crozon

Births

June – Nicolas Poussin, painter (d. 1665) 8 December – Pierre Petit, astronomer, physicist, mathematician and instrument maker (d. 1677)

Full date missing

Charles Audran, engraver (d. 1674) Noël Quillerier, painter (d. 1669) Pierre de Saint-Joseph, French Cistercian monk, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1662) Jacques de Serisay, poet, intendant of the duc de La Rochefoucauld, and the founding director of the Académie française (d. 1653)

Deaths 29 December – Jean Châtel (b. 1575)

Full date missing Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, prince and cardinal (b. 1562) Claude Dupuy, jurist, humanist, and bibliophile, (b. 1545)

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