1553 in France

Events from the year 1553 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry II

Events

 * Invasion of Corsica

Births

 * 13 December – Henry IV of France (died 1610).
 * 14 May – Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (died 1615)

Full date missing

 * Louise of Lorraine, queen consort (died 1601)
 * Pierre de Lancre, judge, conducted a massive witch-hunt (died 1631)
 * Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian (died 1617)

Full date missing

 * Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois, noblewoman (born 1500)
 * François Rabelais, writer and humanist (born between 1483 and 1494)
 * Gilles Le Breton, architect