1557 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Henry II

Events

• January - Harsh winter weather continues
• 24 July - Edict of Compiègne
• 10 August - Battle of St. Quentin

Births

Full date missing

• Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, nobleman

Deaths

• 1 September - Jacques Cartier, explorer

Full date missing

• Jacques d'Annebaut, cardinal
• Nicolas Bachelier, surveyor and architect
• Charlotte Guillard, French printer
• Matthieu Ory, Dominican theologian and inquisitor
• Valérand Poullain, Calvinist minister
• Philibert Babou, cryptographer