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May 14 Henry IV of France is assassinated by fanatical Catholic François Ravaillac who stabs him to death in the streets of Paris
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May 15 Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French King
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- May 11 Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (China), dies at 57
Henry IV of France
May 14 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon King of Navarra (1572-1610) and France (1589-1610), assassinated at 56
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