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1565
Events from the year 1565 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles IXCharles IX, King of France https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG22547 www.britishmuseum.org 5 June 2022
Events
January 1 – Recognized as the first day of the year by the royal chancellery according to the Edict of Roussillon (1564) article 39.
September 4 – The Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands in modern-day Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.
Lycée Alexandre Ribot founded in Saint-Omer as a Walloon Jesuit college.
Births
October 6 – Marie de Gournay, writer (died 1645)
Deaths
June 12 – Adrianus Turnebus, classical scholar (born 1512)
September 13 – William Farel, evangelist (born 1489)
October 12 – Jean Ribault, explorer and colonist (born 1520)
c. October 22 – Jean Grolier de Servières, bibliophile (born 1479)
See also
France History Lists
References
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