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1597
Events from the year 1597 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Henry IVHenry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/197779 www.metmuseum.org 7 June 2022
Events
thumb|Siege of AmiensMarch 11 - The French city of Amiens falls to Spanish tropes in a surprise attack by a small force disguised as peasants.Seward Desmond The First Bourbon: Henry IV of France & Navarre June 20, 2013 Thistle Publishing 978-1909609082 This event is in the context of the French Wars of Religion and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).
September 25 - The city of Amiens is liberated after a three months of siege by king Henry IV and his army.Holt Mack P. The French wars of religion, 1562-1629 2005 Cambridge University Press 978-0-511-81792-2 2nd New approaches to European history Cambridge, UK New York
Births
January 31 – John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)
February 24 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
May 31 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer and essayist (d.1654)
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Charles Racquet, French organist and composer (d.1664)
Jacques Linard, French painter (d.1645)
See also
France History Lists
References
1597
Category:1590s in France
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