1553 in France

Events from the year 1553 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Henry II

Events Invasion of Corsica

Births

December 13 – Henry IV of France (d.1610). May 14– Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (d.1615)

Full date missing Louise of Lorraine, queen consort (d.1601) Pierre de Lancre, judge, conducted a massive witch-hunt (d.1631) Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian (d.1617)

Deaths

Full date missing Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois, noblewoman (b.1500) François Rabelais, writer and humanist (b.1483 -1494) Gilles Le Breton, architect Gabriel de Luetz, Baron and Lord of Aramon and Vallabrègues, French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (b. 1508)

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