1562 in France

Events from the year 1562 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles IX

Events

 * January – Edict of Saint-Germain
 * 1 March – Massacre of Vassy
 * 22 September – Treaty of Hampton Court
 * 28 September to 26 October – Siege of Rouen
 * 19 December – Battle of Dreux

Births

 * 19 August – Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, Cardinal (died 1594)
 * 10 December – Roger de Saint-Lary de Termes, duke (died 1646)

Full date missing

 * Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, soldier (died 1602)

Deaths

 * 13 October – Claudin de Sermisy, composer (born c.1490)
 * 31 October – Augustin Marlorat. Protestant reformer (born 1506)
 * 19 December – Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre, soldier (born c.1505)

Full date missing

 * Omer Talon, humanist (born c.1510)