Events from the year 1578 in France
Incumbents
Monarch – Henry III
Events
April 27 – The Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France, and two favourites of Henry I, Duke of Guise
Births
December 20 – Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French noble (d. 1621)
Deaths March 7 - Gilles de Gouberville, French diarist (b. 1521) March 29 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527) April 2 – Marie Elisabeth of France, French princess (b. 1572) April 7 - Gilles Spifame de Brou, French prelate April 27 - Georges de Schomberg, French courtier (b. 1560) April 27 - Louis de Maugiron, French courtier (b. 1560) April 29 - François d'Aydie, French noble (b. 1550) April 30 - Jeanne Harvilliers, French alleged witch (b. 1528) July 22 - Paul de Stuer, French noble and military commander (b. 1554) May 29 - Jacques de Lévis, French noble (b. 1554) September 10 – Pierre Lescot, French architect (b. 1510) October 13 - Jean Bullant, French architect and sculptor (b. 1513) Antonio Mizauld, French astronomer and physician (b. 1510) Jean Raymond Merlin, French Protestant theologian (b. 1510) Bertrand-Rambaud de Simiane, French military commander (b. 1513)
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