Events from the year 1566 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles IX of France
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 (d. 1618)
- November 3 – Charles, Count of Soissons, prince du sang and military commander (d. 1612)
- date unknown
- Claude Dausque, Jesuit (d. 1644)
- Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux, mistress of King Henry III of Navarre (d. 1614)
- Claude de La Trémoille, nobleman (d. 1604)
Deaths
- April 25
- Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)
- Louise Labé, poet (b. c. 1524)
- April 29 – Jean Suau, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (b.1503)
- July 2 – Nostradamus, astrologer (b. 1503)
- July 30 – Guillaume Rondelet, doctor (b. 1507)
date unknown
- Charles Dumoulin, jurist (b. 1500)
See also
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