1558 in France
Events from the year 1558 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 to 8 January – The siege of Calais by the French army led by François, Duke of Guise, which ended with the capture of the English city.
- 17 April to 23 July – The siege of Thionville
- 13 July – The Battle of Gravelines
Births
- 9 September – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, soldier and prominent member of the Catholic League.
- 8 December – François de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal
- 9 December – André du Laurens, physician
- 30 December – Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, a marshal of France and peer of France
Full date missing
- Françoise de Cezelli, war hero during the French Wars of Religion
- Cardin Le Bret, jurist
- Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian
- Guillaume de Steenhuys, noble magistrate and diplomat
Deaths
- 26 April – Jean Fernel, physician
Full date missing
- Côme Clausse, notary and secretary of the king, Secretary of State
- André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician
- Guillaume Bochetel, statesman and diplomat
- Claude d'Urfé, French royal official
- Jean Maynier, public official, First President of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence
- Clément Janequin, composer
- Mellin de Saint-Gelais, poet