1586 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Henry III

Births

• Jacques de Bela, lawyer and writer
• Antoine Boësset, musician
• Joseph Le Caron, Franciscan friar and missionary to Canada

Deaths

• Jean de Ferrières, nobleman
• Jeanne de Gontaut, noblewoman
• George de La Hèle, composer
• Gabrielle de Coignard, poet