Events from the year 1552 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Henry II

Events 15 January – Signing of the Treaty of Chambord Cour des monnaies is established October 1552 to January 1553 – Siege of Metz

Births

8 February – Agrippa d'Aubigné, poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler (d. 1630) 23 October – Odet de Turnèbe, dramatist (d. 1581)

Full date missing Jean Bertaut, poet (d. 1611) Charles David, architect (d. 1650) François Grudé, writer and bibliographer Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, diplomat (d. 1636) Antoine de Pluvinel, riding master (d. 1620)

Deaths

8 January – Eustorg de Beaulieu, poet, composer and pastor (b. around 1495) 1 February – Charles de Solier, comte de Morette, soldier and diplomat (b. 1480) 2 December – Claude d'Annebault, military officer (b. 1495)

Full date missing Pierre du Chastel, humanist, librarian (born around 1480) René I, Viscount of Rohan (b. 1516)

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