Events from the year 1587 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Henry III
Events
20 October – Huguenot and Royalist forces clashed at the Battle of Coutras. Hugeunots under Henry of Navarre won the battle. 26 October – Royalist forces commanded by Henry I, Duke of Guise won the Battle of Vimory.
Full dates missing
Construction of Couvent des Feuillants was started. Guillaume Du Bartas was sent on a diplomatic mission to Scotland. Collège de France instituted Arabic lessons, with Arnoult de Lisle being the first professor of the chair of Arabic.
Births
30 April – Éléonore de Bourbon, French princess (died 1619) 17 November – Charles Lallemant, French Jesuit (died 1674)
Full dates missing
Catherine de Sainte-Maure, French courtier (died 1648) Didier Palleti, French bishop (died 1658) Isaac de Razilly, French noble (died 1635) Marin Boucher, French pioneer of North America (died 1671) Robert Giffard de Moncel, French surgeon (died 1668)
Deaths
23 March – Charles de Rambouillet, French cardinal (born 1530) 11 May – Élie Vinet, French humanist (born 1509) 24 May – Diana of Foix (birth year unknown) 20 October – Anne de Joyeuse, French noble and commander (born 1560) 30 October – Charles de Vaudémont, French cardinal (born 1561)
Full dates missing
Madeleine Des Roches, French writer (born 1520) Philibert du Croc, French diplomat (born 1515)
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