Events from the year 1557 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry II
Events January – Harsh winter weather continues 24 July – Edict of Compiègne 10 August – Battle of St. Quentin
Births
Full date missing Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, nobleman (died 1615)
Deaths
1 September – Jacques Cartier, explorer (born 1491)
Full date missing Jacques d'Annebaut, cardinal Nicolas Bachelier, surveyor and architect (born 1485) Charlotte Guillard, French printer (born c. 1480s) Matthieu Ory, Dominican theologian and inquisitor (born 1492) Valérand Poullain, Calvinist minister (born 1509?) Philibert Babou, cryptographer (born c.1484)
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