1566 in France
Events from the year 1566 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- Ordonnance of Moulins prohibits writing, printing or selling of defamatory books and requires all books published to carry a seal of state approval.
Births
- February 1 - Marie of the Incarnation, Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed
- November 3 - Charles, Count of Soissons, prince du sang and military commander date unknown
- * Claude Dausque, Jesuit
- * Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux, mistress of King Henry III of Navarre
- * Claude de La Trémoille, nobleman
Deaths
- April 25
- * Diane de Poitiers, Noblewoman and mistress of King Henry II of France
- * Louise Labé, poet
- April 29 - Jean Suau, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
- July 2 - Nostradamus, astrologer
- July 30 - Guillaume Rondelet, doctor