1565 in France

Events from the year 1565 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles IX

Events

 * January 1 – Recognized as the first day of the year by the royal chancellery according to the Edict of Roussillon (1564) article 39.
 * September 4 – The Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands in modern-day Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.
 * Lycée Alexandre Ribot founded in Saint-Omer as a Walloon Jesuit college.

Births

 * October 6 – Marie de Gournay, writer (died 1645)

Deaths

 * June 12 – Adrianus Turnebus, classical scholar (born 1512)
 * September 13 – William Farel, evangelist (born 1489)
 * October 12 – Jean Ribault, explorer and colonist (born 1520)
 * c. October 22 – Jean Grolier de Servières, bibliophile (born 1479)