1549 in France

Events from the year 1549 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry II

Literature

 * La Défense et illustration de la langue française by the poet Joachim du Bellay

Births



 * 3 February – Louis of Valois, prince (d. 1550)
 * 4 February – Eustache Du Caurroy, composer (d. 1609)
 * 20 July – Pierre de Larivey, dramatist (d. 1619)
 * 17 October – Denis Godefroy, jurist (d. 1622).
 * 5 November – Philippe de Mornay, Protestant writer and member of the anti-monarchist Monarchomaques (d. 1623)

Full date missing

 * Louis de Bussy d'Amboise, a gentleman at the court, a swordsman, dandy, and a lover of both sexes (d. 1579)
 * Eustache Du Caurroy, composer (d. 1609)
 * Jeanne de Laval, noble (d. 1586)
 * Étienne Tabourot, jurist, writer and poet (d. 1590)
 * Marie Touchet, Dame de Belleville (d. 1638)
 * Sébastien Zamet, banker (d. 1614)

Deaths



 * 21 December Marguerite de Navarre, the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry (b. 1492)

Full date missing

 * Idelette Calvin (b. 1500)
 * Jean de Gagny, theologian
 * Michelle de Saubonne, courtier (b. 1485)