Events from the year 1558 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 1 to 8 January – The siege of Calais
- 17 April to 23 July – The siege of Thionville
- 13 July – The Battle of Gravelines
Births
- 9 September – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, soldier and prominent member of the Catholic League (died 1602).[2]
- 8 December – François de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal (died 1645)
- 9 December – André du Laurens, physician (died 1609)
- 30 December – Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, a marshal of France and peer of France (died 1652)
Full date missing
- Françoise de Cezelli, war hero during the French Wars of Religion (died 1615)
- Cardin Le Bret, jurist (died 1655)
- Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (died 1624)
- Guillaume de Steenhuys, noble magistrate and diplomat (died 1638)
Deaths
- 26 April – Jean Fernel, physician (born 1497)[3]
Full date missing
- Côme Clausse, notary and secretary of the king, Secretary of State (born c. 1530)
- André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician (born 1488)
- Guillaume Bochetel, statesman and diplomat
- Claude d'Urfé, French royal official (born 1501)
- Jean Maynier, public official, First President of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence (born 1495)
- Clément Janequin, composer (born c. 1485)
- Mellin de Saint-Gelais, poet (born c. 1491)
See also
References
- ^ Nolan, Cathal J. (2006). The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-313-33733-8.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 154.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 281.