1566 in France

Events from the year 1566 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles IX of France

Events

 * Ordonnance of Moulins prohibits writing, printing or selling of defamatory books and requires all books published to carry a seal of state approval.

Births

 * February 1 – Marie of the Incarnation, Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (d. 1618)
 * November 3 – Charles, Count of Soissons, prince du sang and military commander (d. 1612)
 * date unknown
 * Claude Dausque, Jesuit (d. 1644)
 * Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux, mistress of King Henry III of Navarre (d. 1614)
 * Claude de La Trémoille, nobleman (d. 1604)

Deaths

 * April 25
 * Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)
 * Louise Labé, poet (b. c. 1524)
 * July 2 – Nostradamus, astrologer (b. 1503)
 * July 30 – Guillaume Rondelet, doctor (b. 1507)
 * date unknown – Charles Dumoulin, jurist (b. 1500)