1563 in France

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Events from the year 1563 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Charles IX

February 18 – Francis, Duke of Guise, is assassinated while besieging Orléans

March 19 – Edict of Amboise

July 28 – The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege

November 8 – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1624)

Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife (died 1636)

Pierre Matthieu, poet, dramatist and historian (died 1621)

February – Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, poet (born 1540; executed in Scotland)

February 24 – Francis, Duke of Guise, soldier and politician (born 1519)

August 18 – Étienne de La Boétie, judge and writer (born 1530)

December 29 – Sebastian Castellio, preacher and theologian (born 1515).

Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac, courtier (born 1505)

Odet de Selve, diplomat (born c.1504)

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