1556 in France
Events from the year 1556 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 5 February - Truce of Vaucelles: Fighting temporarily ends between France and Spain.
- February - Royal edict against women who conceal their pregnancy.
- Summer - The false Martin Guerre appears in the village of Artigat.
- 1 September - Dry summer leads to an early and poor harvest and forest fires in Normandy and the north.
- November - The Truce of Vaucelles collapses and the Italian War of 1551–1559 resumes between France and Spain. Spain takes control of the Flanders region, including the modern-day Nord.
- 4 December - Harsh winter causes the Rhône to freeze near Arles.
Births
- March 7- Guillaume du Vair, statesman and philosopher
- April 27 - François Béroalde de Verville, novelist and poet
- June 24 - twin royal princesses
- * Joan of Valois
- * Victoria of France
- October 18 - Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman
- November 25 - Jacques Davy Duperron, cardinal, politician and poet
- December 27 - Jeanne de Lestonnac, founder of the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady and saint
Deaths
- June 24 - Joan of Valois, royal princess
- August 17 - Victoria of France, royal princess
- November 4 - Robert IV de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and a Marshal of France