1563 in France
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Events from the year 1563 in France
Incumbents
Events
- February 18 – Francis, Duke of Guise, is assassinated while besieging Orléans
- March 19 – Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France, according some toleration to Huguenots, especially to aristocrats; this officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre
- July 28 – The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege
Births
- September 21 – Henri, Duke of Joyeuse, general (died 1608)
- November 8 – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1624)
Full date missing
- Louise Bourgeois Boursier, royal midwife (died 1636)
- Pierre Matthieu, poet, dramatist and historian (died 1621)
- Jean Titelouze, organist and composer (died 1633)
Deaths
- February – Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, poet (born 1540; executed in Scotland)
- February 24 – Francis, Duke of Guise, soldier and politician (born 1519)
- August 18 – Étienne de La Boétie, judge, political philosopher and sonneteer (born 1530)
- December 29 – Sebastian Castellio, Calvinist preacher and theologian (born 1515)[2]
Full date missing
- Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac, courtier (born 1505)
- Odet de Selve, diplomat (born c.1504)
- Jean Poldo d'Albenas, Calvinist historian and translator (born 1512)
See also
References
- ^ "Charles IX, King of France". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1916). "Castellio, Sebastian". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 4 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 2015-09-07.