1558 in France



Events from the year 1558 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry II

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).
 * 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)

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)