1566 in France
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Events from the year 1566 in France.
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Incumbents
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 â Marie of the Incarnation, Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (d. 1618)
- November 3 â 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 â Jean Suau, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (b.1503)[4]
- July 2 â Nostradamus, astrologer (b. 1503)
- July 30 â Guillaume Rondelet, doctor (b. 1507)
date unknown
- Charles Dumoulin, jurist (b. 1500)
