1566 in France

Events from the year 1566 in France.

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Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles IX of France^[1]

Events

• Ordonnance of Moulins prohibits writing, printing or selling of defamatory books and requires all books published to carry a seal of state approval.^[2]

Births

• February 1 – Marie of the Incarnation, Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (d. 1618)
• November 3 – Charles, Count of Soissons, prince du sang and military commander (d. 1612)
• date unknown
  • Claude Dausque, Jesuit (d. 1644)
  • Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux, mistress of King Henry III of Navarre (d. 1614)
  • Claude de La Trémoille, nobleman (d. 1604)

Deaths

• April 25
  • Diane de Poitiers, Noblewoman and mistress of King Henry II of France (b.1500) ^[3]
  • Louise Labé, poet (b. c. 1524)
• April 29 – Jean Suau, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (b.1503)^[4]
• July 2 – Nostradamus, astrologer (b. 1503)
• July 30 – Guillaume Rondelet, doctor (b. 1507)

date unknown

• Charles Dumoulin, jurist (b. 1500)

See also