Events from the year 1598 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Henry IV

Events April – signing of the Edict of Nantes. 2 May – Peace of Vervins

Births

Date Unknown Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière, politician (d.1681) Helene Boullé (d.1684) Michel Villedo, stonemason, advisor and architect (d.1667)

Deaths

Date Unknown Jean de Serres, historian (b. 1540) René Boyvin, engraver (b.1525) Guillaume Le Bé, punch cutter and engraver (b.1525)

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