1538 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Francis I

Events

• June 18 - Truce of Nice: Peace is declared between Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France.

Births

• July 25 - Diane de France, duchess

Full date missing

• Guillaume de Baillou, physician
• Nicolas Barnaud, writer, physician and alchemist
• François de Bar, monk and scholar
• Amadis Jamyn, poet

Deaths

• October – Maistre Jhan, composer