1549 in France

Events from the year 1549 in France.

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry II

Events

Literature

La Défense et illustration de la langue française by the poet Joachim du Bellay

Births

3 February – Louis of Valois, prince
4 February – Eustache Du Caurroy, composer
20 July – Pierre de Larivey, dramatist
17 October – Denis Godefroy, jurist.
5 November – Philippe de Mornay, Protestant writer and member of the anti-monarchist Monarchomaques

Full date missing

Louis de Bussy d'Amboise, a gentleman at the court, a swordsman, dandy, and a lover of both sexes
Eustache Du Caurroy, composer
Jeanne de Laval, noble
Étienne Tabourot, jurist, writer and poet
Marie Touchet, Dame de Belleville
Sébastien Zamet, banker

Deaths

21 December Marguerite de Navarre, the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry

Full date missing