1559 in France

Events from the year 1559 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Henry II (until July 10), then Francis II

Events

 * The Ancient Diocese of Saint-Omer established.

Full date missing

 * Catherine de Bourbon (died 1604)
 * Jacques d'Amboise, surgeon (died 1606)
 * Isaac Casaubon, scholar and philologist (died 1614)

Deaths

 * 10 July – Henry II of France (born 1519)

Full date missing

 * Martin du Bellay, nobleman (born 1495)
 * Jacquet of Mantua, composer (born 1483)
 * Nicolas Denisot, poet and painter (born 1515)
 * Pierre Doré, theologian (born c.1500)
 * Antoine Le Maçon, translator (born c.1500)
 * Antoine Sanguin, clergyman (born 1493)
 * Anne du Bourg, magistrate (born 1521)