Events from the year 1582 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
Births
edit- November 21 – François Maynard, French poet (d. 1646)
- November 27 – Pierre Dupuy, French historian (d. 1651)
Deaths
edit- 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
edit- ^ Lovett, A. W. (1986). Early Habsburg Spain, 1517-1598. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-19-822139-5.
- ^ Nørby, Toke (29 February 2000). "The Perpetual Calendar: What about France?". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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