Events from the year 1558 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry II
Events
1 to 8 January – The siege of Calais by the French army led by François, Duke of Guise, which ended with the capture of the English city. 17 April to 23 July – The siege of Thionville 13 July – The Battle of Gravelines
Births
9 September – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, soldier and prominent member of the Catholic League (died 1602). 8 December – François de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal (died 1645) 9 December – André du Laurens, physician (died 1609) 30 December – Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, a marshal of France and peer of France (died 1652)
Full date missing Françoise de Cezelli, war hero during the French Wars of Religion (died 1615) Cardin Le Bret, jurist (died 1655) Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (died 1624) Guillaume de Steenhuys, noble magistrate and diplomat (died 1638)
Deaths
26 April – Jean Fernel, physician (born 1497)
Full date missing Côme Clausse, notary and secretary of the king, Secretary of State (born c. 1530) André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician (born 1488) Guillaume Bochetel, statesman and diplomat Claude d'Urfé, French royal official (born 1501) Jean Maynier, public official, First President of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence (born 1495) Clément Janequin, composer (born c. 1485) Mellin de Saint-Gelais, poet (born c. 1491)
See also
References