1566 in France
# 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)
