1572 in France
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Events from the year 1572 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- August 18 – Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries Margaret of Valois, sister of King Charles and daughter of Catherine de' Medici, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics in France.
- Fourth War of Religionin France.
- Huguenotstronghold in central France. The fortified city holds out for nearly eight months without bombard artillery. This is one of the last times that slings are used in European warfare.
Births
- Jesuit writer (d. 1622)
- January 28 – Jane Frances de Chantal, French Catholic noble widow and nun (d. 1641)
- June 8 – Honorat de Porchères Laugier, Poet (d. 1653)
- September 30 – Denis-Simon de Marquemont, Cardinal and archbishop (d. 1626)
- October 27 – Marie Elisabeth of France, Princess of the House of Valois (d. 1578)
Full date missing
- Charles Bouvard, chemist and the physician of King Louis XIII (d. 1658)
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- René Chartier, Medical Doctor (d. 1654)
- Henri de Gondi, Bishop of Paris (1598–1622) (d. 1622)
- Antoinette d'Orléans-Longueville, Nun, countess and founder of the Congregation of Our Lady of Calvary in 1617. (d. 1618)
- Philippe Danfrie, Medalist (d. 1604)
Deaths
- February 23 – Pierre Certon, French composer (b. c. 1510)
- June 9 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)[2]
- August 24 through August 31 – Victims of the 'St. Bartholomew's Day massacre'-
- Gaspard de Coligny, French Protestant leader (b. 1519)
- Claude Goudimel, French composer (b. 1510)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (b. 1515)
- Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535)
- September – Denis Lambin, French classical scholar (b. 1520)
- December 22 – François Clouet, French miniaturist (b. c. 1510)
See also
References
- ^ "Charles IX, King of France". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-772-2.