1579 in France

none 1579 Events from the year 1579 in France Incumbents Monarch – Henry III Events April 10 – In the village of Cuers in France, near Toulon rebelled. Peasants killed around 600 nobles and upper-class gentlemen of the Catholic League serving the Count of Carces.Holt Mack P. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/french-wars-of-religion-15621629/F11D92A3CF48BDA8FD13C57D147B7FB9 The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629 2005 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-83872-6 2 New Approaches to European History Cambridge 10.1017/cbo9780511817922 December 25 – Protestant French troops, under the command of Matthieu Merle, seized the capital of Gévaudan, Mende.Mende history, south of france, Gévaudan's capital then Lozère's prefecture https://www.mende-coeur-lozere.fr/en/explore/discover-landscape/mende-history/ 2024-10-07 Office de tourisme Mende - Cœur de Lozère en-GB Births thumb|220x220px|Marble statue of Saint Germaine Cousin August 18 - Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, fourth daughter of William the silent (d.1640) August 21- Henri, Duke of Rohan -French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots.(d.1638) Date Unknown Germaine Cousin, French saint (d.1601) Étienne de la Croix, Jesuit missionary and writer (d.1643) Deaths May 6 -François de Montmorency, French noble, governor of Île de France and 2nd Duke of Montmorency. (b.1530) April 12 - Jean de Monluc, French clergyman and diplomat (b.1508) Date unknown Claude de Rohan-Gié, French lady-in-waiting, and a mistress of king Francis I of France. (b.1519) See also France History Lists References 1580 Category:1579 by country Category:Years in France France