1557 in France

Events from the year 1557 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry II

Events

 * January – Harsh winter weather continues
 * 24 July – Edict of Compiègne
 * 10 August – Battle of St. Quentin

Full date missing

 * Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, nobleman (died 1615)

Deaths

 * 1 September – Jacques Cartier, explorer (born 1491)

Full date missing

 * Jacques d'Annebaut, cardinal
 * Nicolas Bachelier, surveyor and architect (born 1485)
 * Charlotte Guillard, French printer (born c. 1480s)
 * Matthieu Ory, Dominican theologian and inquisitor (born 1492)
 * Valérand Poullain, Calvinist minister (born 1509?)
 * Philibert Babou, cryptographer (born c.1484)