1593 in France

none 1593 Events from the year 1593 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 January–June January 26 – The Conseil of the Catholic League convenes the Estates General in Paris to receive the decisions of the Council of Trent and to consider the election of a Catholic sovereign, even if it means calling into question the Salic law. Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, and two Catholic Bourbons are candidates. However, Henry IV of France takes the court of deputies by surprise in announcing his intention to return to the Catholic faith on May 17.Paul Mironneau Henri IV Éditions Jean-paul Gisserot 2005 9782877477857 146Nicolas Le Roux La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et courtisans au temps des derniers valois (vers 1547–vers 1589) 13 May 2013 Éditions Champ Vallon 9782876737518 February 6 – Death of Jacques Amyot, following which historian and politician Jacques Auguste de Thou succeed him as director of the Bibliothèque Nationale, an office he and his son will hold until 1642. March 17 – Henri IV, visiting Saumur to see his sister Catherine de Bourbon, grants the inhabitants local tax privileges.Abel Hugo France Historique et Monumentale 5 H.-L. Delloye 1843 51 April 18 – Anglo-Spanish War: The Naval Battle of Blaye in the Gironde estuary sees a Spanish victory over the blockading English fleet, allowing the Spanish to relieve the French Catholic garrison of Blaye.Jean-Claude Castex Dictionnaire des Batailles navales franco-anglaises Les Éditions du Phare-Ouest 2012 9782921668194 59 April 29 – Opening of conferences at Suresnes between the king and the deputies of the League. May 2 – Wars of Religion: Battle of Port-Ringeard – Royal army is victorious over the League.Martin Foucault Les Seigneurs de Laval Imp. E. Jamin Laval 1875 371 June 7 – Battle of Salbertrand in Piedmont: Victory of François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières, over the Spanish of Rodrigue Alvarez of Toledo, allies of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.Théodore Bèze Correspondance. Tome XXXIV, 1593 Librairie Droz 2010 9782600314688 165 June 28 – Lemaistre, president of the Parlement of Paris, decides that the Salic law and the Catholic rule of the kings of France under the fundamental laws of the kingdom are to be judged equally. July–December July 8 – The king takes Dreux, entrepôt for the Paris food supply. July 25 – The king abjures Protestantism at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Legend attributes to him the saying Paris vaut bien une messe ("Paris is well worth a mass").Daniel Lacotte Les Mots célèbres de l'histoire Albin Michel 2016 9782226379887 July 31 – Three-month truce was signed at la Villette between the king and the League. One by one, towns rally to the king. August 27 – Pierre Barrière attempts to assassinate the king at Melun; he is denounced by Séraphin Banchi, the Dominican priest to whom he confesses, arrested and on August 31 executed on the breaking wheel and suffers dismemberment. November 8 – Assembly of Protestants of the kingdom at Mantes (ends 23 January 1594).Jean-Pierre Babelon Henri IV Fayard 2009 9782213658162 December 8 Henri I de Montmorency, one of the 'Malcontents', becomes Grand Constable of France.Jules Berger de Xivrey J. Guadet Recueil des lettres missives de Henri IV Impr. royale 1843 31 Royal letters patent for the creation of the Jardin des plantes de Montpellier conferred on Pierre Richer de Belleval.De l'état des gens de lettres et des hautes écoles sous le régime actuel de la Commission de l'instruction publique Méquignon-Marvis 1819 5 December 12 – The marquis of Vitry, gouvernor of Meaux, rallies to the king.Aristide Matthieu Guilbert Histoire des villes de France, avec une introduction générale pour chaque province 3 Furne et Cie. 1845 78 December Exactions of Anne de Sanzay, Count of la Magnane, captain of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, in Cornouaille.Louis-Gabriel Michaud Biographie universelle 72 Michaud 1843 354 Origin of wine producer Château d'Yquemhttp://www2.yquem.fr/yquem.php?lang=uk The Beginnings of Château d'Yquem Château d'Yquem https://web.archive.org/web/20041018103236/http://www2.yquem.fr/yquem.php?lang=uk 2010-01-29 2004-10-18 Undated The Academy of Saumur is founded as a Huguenot university at Saumur by Philippe de Mornay.Du Plessis-Monary, Philip 4 34 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc04/Page_34.html The Collège de Bourbon in Rouen, the predecessor of the Lycée Pierre-Corneille, is founded as a Jesuit secondary school by Cardinal-Archbishop Charles de Bourbon.Frédéric Vivien The Lycée Corneille of Rouen Lycée Pierre Corneille Rouen 2014-02-27 http://lgcorneille-lyc.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article6 en 2020-06-25 Births February 8 – Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, cardinal and lieutenant-general (died 1639) March 13 – Georges de La Tour, painter (died 1652) March 20 – Jean de La Haye, Franciscan preacher and biblical scholar (died 1661) March 25 – Jean de Brébeuf, Jesuit missionary to New France (martyred 1649 in New France) April 27 – Jérôme Lalemant, Jesuit missionary to Canada (died 1673) May 19 – Claude Vignon, painter (died 1670) November 1 – Abel Servien, nobleman and diplomat (died 1659) November 25 – Alain de Solminihac, bishop of Cahors, beatified (died 1659) Undated Louis Barbier, Abbé de la Rivière, bishop of Langres, courtier and gambler (died 1670) Claude de Razilly, naval officer (died 1654)) Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, colonist and fur trader, governor of Acadia (died 1666 in Acadia) Approximate date – Jeanette Abadie, supposed witch Probable date – Louis Le Nain, painter (died 1648) Deaths January 12 – Amadis Jamyn, poet (born 1538) February 6 – Jacques Amyot, bishop of Auxerre, writer and translator (born 1513) Approximate date – Esther Imbert, a maîtresse-en-titre to the king (born 1570) Latest date – Jean Cousin the Elder, painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver and geometrician (born 1500) See also France History Lists References 1593 Category:1590s in France France