1553 in France
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Events from the year 1553 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
Births
- December 13 â Henry IV of France (d.1610).[2]
- May 14â Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (d.1615)[3]
Full date missing
- Louise of Lorraine, queen consort (d.1601)
- Pierre de Lancre, judge, conducted a massive witch-hunt (d.1631)
- Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian (d.1617)
Deaths
Full date missing
- Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois, noblewoman (b.1500)
- François Rabelais, writer and humanist (b.1483 -1494)
- Gilles Le Breton, architect
- Gabriel de Luetz, Baron and Lord of Aramon and Vallabrègues, French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (b. 1508)
