1590 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Henry IV

Events

• 14 March - Battle of Ivry
• May to September - Siege of Paris

Births

Full date missing

• François Perrier, painter

Deaths

Full date missing

• Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet
• André Thévet, priest, explorer and cosmographer
• Charles de Bourbon, cardinal
• Germain Pilon, sculptor
• Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau, architect
• Ambroise Paré, barber surgeon