1562 in France
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Events from the year 1562 in France.
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles IX[1]
Events
- January â The Edict of Saint-Germain grants Protestants limited freedom of worship inside houses or outside city walls.[2]
- 1 March â An army led by François de Lorraine, Duke of Guise carries out the Massacre of Vassy, killing 50 and injuring hundreds of Protestants, starting the French Wars of Religion.[3]
- 22 September â Treaty of Hampton Court
- 28 September to 26 October â Siege of Rouen
- 19 December â Battle of Dreux
Births
- 19 August â Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, Cardinal (died 1594)
- 10 December â Roger de Saint-Lary de Termes, duke (died 1646)
Full date missing
- Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, soldier (died 1602)[4]
Deaths
- 13 October â Claudin de Sermisy, composer (born c.1490)
- 31 October â Augustin Marlorat. Protestant reformer (born 1506)
- 19 December â Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre, soldier (born c.1505)
Full date missing
- Omer Talon, humanist (born c.1510)
