1587 in France
Events from the year 1587 in France.
Incumbents
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
- 17 November - Charles Lallemant, French Jesuit
Full dates missing
- Catherine de Sainte-Maure, French courtier
- Didier Palleti, French bishop
- Isaac de Razilly, French noble
- Marin Boucher, French pioneer of North America
- Robert Giffard de Moncel, French surgeon
Deaths
- 23 March – Charles de Rambouillet, French cardinal
- 11 May – Élie Vinet, French humanist
- 24 May – Diana of Foix
- 20 October – Anne de Joyeuse, French noble and commander
- 30 October – Charles de Vaudémont, French cardinal
Full dates missing
- Madeleine Des Roches, French writer
- Philibert du Croc, French diplomat