1577 in France

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Events from the year 1577 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry III ^[1]

Events

• May 2 – La Charite falls to the besieging royal army followed by Issoire a month later, as part of the King's offensive against the Huguenots in the Sixth War of Religion. ^[2]
• September 17 – The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between king Henry III and the Huguenots and ended the Sixth War of Religion. ^{[2] [3]}

Births

• November 14 – François Leclerc du Tremblay. French Frier. (d.1638).
• December 25 – Noël Brûlart de Sillery, French diplomat (d.1640).

Deaths

• January 23 – Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur (b.1524).
• March 25 – Louis III de La Trémoille French nobleman, (b.1521).
• July 24 – Blaise de Monluc, prolific French soldier. (b.1502).

References

1. "Henri III, King of France". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
2. Knecht, R. J. (2014). The French wars of religion, 1559-1598. Seminar studies in history (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN   978-1-315-83358-3.
3. Deslandres, Dominique (2004-11-17), "Samuel de Champlain and Religion", Champlain, McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 191–204, ISBN   978-0-7735-7256-0 , retrieved 2025-01-04