1580 in France
Events from the year 1580 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
Births
- April 24 - Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint
- September 15 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer
- December 1 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer
Date unknown
- Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and instrument inventor
- Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, French Huguenot leader
Deaths
Date unknown
- Renée de Dinteville - Princess-Abbess of Remiremont
- Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly - French noblewoman and King Francis I's mistress