1565 in France
Events from the year 1565 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- January 1 - Recognized as the first day of the year by the royal chancellery according to the Edict of Roussillon article 39.
- September 4 - The Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands in modern-day Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.
- Lycée Alexandre Ribot founded in Saint-Omer as a Walloon Jesuit college.
Births
Deaths
- June 12 - Adrianus Turnebus, classical scholar
- September 13 - William Farel, evangelist
- October 12 - Jean Ribault, explorer and colonist
- c. October 22 - Jean Grolier de Servières, bibliophile