Events from the year 1543 in France.
Monarch – Francis I
Siege of Nice
Sieges of Boulogne
18 February – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (died 1608).
Louis Bellaud, writer (died 1588)
François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières, military officer (died 1626)
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy, secretary of state (died 1617)
Jean Le Veneur, Roman Catholic cardinal
Philippe de Chabot, admiral (born c.1492)
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