1562 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Charles IX

Events

• January - The Edict of Saint-Germain grants Protestants limited freedom of worship inside houses or outside city walls.
• 1 March - An army led by François de Lorraine, Duke of Guise carries out the Massacre of Vassy, killing 50 and injuring hundreds of Protestants, starting the French Wars of Religion.
• 22 September - Treaty of Hampton Court
• 28 September to 26 October - Siege of Rouen
• 19 December - Battle of Dreux

Births

• 19 August - Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, Cardinal
• 10 December - Roger de Saint-Lary de Termes, duke

Full date missing

• Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, soldier

Deaths

• 13 October - Claudin de Sermisy, composer
• 31 October - Augustin Marlorat. Protestant reformer
• 19 December - Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre, soldier

Full date missing

• Omer Talon, humanist