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Henry IV Assassinated

May 14 Henry IV of France is assassinated by fanatical Catholic François Ravaillac who stabs him to death in the streets of Paris

King Henry IV of France

King Louis XIII

May 15 Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French King

King of France Louis XIII

Events in 1610

Famous Birthdays

  • May 18 Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1664)
  • May 24 Giovanni Battista Chinelli, Italian composer, born in Moletolo, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1677)
Born in 1610

Famous Deaths

  • May 11 Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (China), dies at 57

Henry IV of France (1553-1610)

May 14 1st Bourbon King of Navarra (1572-1610) and France (1589-1610), assassinated at 56

Henry IV of France
  • May 19 Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
  • May 27 François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)

Famous People Who Were

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