Events from the year 1562 in France
Monarch – Charles IX
January – Edict of Saint-Germain
1 March – Massacre of Vassy
22 September – Treaty of Hampton Court
28 September to 26 October – Siege of Rouen
19 December – Battle of Dreux
10 December – Roger de Saint-Lary de Termes, duke (died 1646)
Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, soldier (died 1602).
Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, Cardinal (died 1594)
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)
Omer Talon, humanist (born c.1510)
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