1580 in France

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See also:	Other events of 1580; History of France • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1580 in France

Incumbents

March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.

April 24 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
September 15 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
December 1 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
date unknown
- Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and instrument inventor (d. 1637)
- Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, French Huguenot leader (d. 1642)

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