1582 in France

none January 2026 1582 Events from the year 1582 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Henry III Events July 26 – Battle of Ponta Delgada (War of the Portuguese Succession): Spanish admiral Santa Cruz decisively defeats a larger mercenary fleet from France, England, supporters of the Portuguese claimant António, Prior of Crato, and the Dutch Republic, under Filippo di Piero Strozzi (who is killed) off the Azores, the first engagement between large fleets of galleons, operating at any great distance from the mainland.Lovett A. W. https://books.google.com/books?id=iKIhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Battle%20of%20Vila%20Franca%20do%20Campo%22%20-wikipedia Early Habsburg Spain, 1517-1598 1986 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-822139-5 175 en December 9 (Julian) (December 19 Gregorian) – France discards the Julian calendar at the end of the day and adopts the Gregorian calendar at midnight. Sunday, December 9 is followed the next day in France by Monday, December 20.Nørby Toke 29 February 2000 The Perpetual Calendar: What about France? http://norbyhus.dk/calendar.php#France 15 June 2018 Births November 21 – François Maynard, French poet (d. 1646) November 27 – Pierre Dupuy, French historian (d. 1651) Deaths July 17 – Jacques Peletier du Mans, French mathematician (b. 1517) October 21 – Laurent Joubert, French physician (b. 1529) January 23 – Jean Bauhin, French physician (b. 1511) References France History Lists 1582 Category:1582 in France Category:1582 by country Category:1582 in Europe France