1558 in France
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 to 8 January â The siege of Calais by the French army led by François, Duke of Guise, which ended with the capture of the English city.[2]
- 17 April to 23 July â The siege of Thionville
- 13 July â The Battle of Gravelines
Births
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- 9 September â Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of MercÅur, soldier and prominent member of the Catholic League (died 1602).[3]
- 8 December â François de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal (died 1645)
- 9 December â André du Laurens, physician (died 1609)
- 30 December â Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, a marshal of France and peer of France (died 1652)
Full date missing
- Françoise de Cezelli, war hero during the French Wars of Religion (died 1615)
- Cardin Le Bret, jurist (died 1655)
- Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (died 1624)
- Guillaume de Steenhuys, noble magistrate and diplomat (died 1638)
Deaths
- 26 April â Jean Fernel, physician (born 1497)[4]
Full date missing
- Côme Clausse, notary and secretary of the king, Secretary of State (born c. 1530)
- André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician (born 1488)
- Guillaume Bochetel, statesman and diplomat
- Claude d'Urfé, French royal official (born 1501)
- Jean Maynier, public official, First President of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence (born 1495)
- Clément Janequin, composer (born c. 1485)
- Mellin de Saint-Gelais, poet (born c. 1491)
