1589 in France
Events from the year 1589 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- August 1 - Henry III was stabbed with a knife, and died the next day. Henry IV of France's succession was followed by a four-year long war.
- 15 to 16 September - Battle of Arques
Births
Full date missing
- Jérôme Bignon, lawyer
- Jean Sirmond, poet
Deaths
- January 5 - Catherine de' Medici, Italian noblewoman and Queen of France
- August 1 - Jacques Clément, conspirator and the killer of king Henry III
- August 2 - Henry III of France, King of France from 1574 to 1589
- September 19 - Jean-Antoine de Baïf, poet
- Charles Dançay, French diplomat