1562 in France

Events from the year 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 (died 1594)
• 10 December – Roger de Saint-Lary de Termes, duke (died 1646)

Full date missing

• Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, soldier (died 1602)

Deaths

• 13 October – Claudin de Sermisy, composer (born c.1490)
• 31 October – Augustin Marlorat. Protestant reformer (born 1506)
• 19 December – Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre, soldier (born c.1505)

Full date missing

• Omer Talon, humanist (born c.1510)

See also

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