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 (died 1672)
- Guillaume Bautru, satirical poet (died 1665)
- Claude Deruet, painter (died 1660)
- Étienne Pascal (died 1651)
- Louis Cellot, Jesuit (died 1658)
- Marin Mersenne, theologian, mathematician and music theorist (died 1648)
- Claudius Salmasius, classical scholar (died 1653)
Deaths
Full date missing
- Jean Daurat, poet and scholar (born 1508)
See also
References
