1596 in France
Events from the year 1596 in France
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Events
    

Engraving of the siege of Calais 
Births
    
- 31 March – René Descartes, French philosopher (died 1650 in Sweden)[2]
 - 6 June – Michel Particelli d'Emery (died 1650)
 - 5 November – Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman (died 1657)
 - 11 November – Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (died 1663)
 
Deaths
    
- 19 February – Blaise de Vigenère, diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist (born 1523)
 - 5 May – Catherine de Montpensier, politically active duchess (born 1552)
 - 3 October – Florent Chrestien, satirist and poet (born 1541)
 - 1 November – Pierre Pithou, lawyer and scholar (born 1539)
 
Full date missing
    
- Jean Bodin, philosopher and politician (born 1530)[3]
 - Madeleine de l’Aubespine, aristocrat and writer (born 1546)[4]
 
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Henry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
 - "Rene Descartes | Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, 'I Think, Therefore I Am,' & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
 - Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Bodin, Jean". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
 - "Selected Poems and Translations: A Bilingual Edition". University of Chicago Press. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
 
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