Events from the year 1564 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Charles IX
Events 22 June – French settlers abandon Charlesfort, the first French attempt at colonizing the modern-day United States, and establish Fort Caroline in Florida Edict of Roussillon
Births 7 March – Pierre Coton, Jesuit (died 1626) 24 November – Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette, astronomer (died 1647)
Full date missing Jean D'Espagnet, polymath: lawyer, politician, mathematician, alchemist, antiquarian and poet (died c.1637)
Deaths
19 February – Guillaume Morel, scholar (born 1505) April – Pierre Belon, explorer (born 1517) 27 May – John Calvin, theologian, principal developer of the system later called Calvinism (born 1509)
Full date missing Jean de Tournes, printer, book publisher and bookseller (born 1504) Philibert Jambe de Fer, composer (fl. 1548) Jacques Brunel, organist and composer Jourdan des Ursins, Corsican military officer (born 1500) Masseot Abaquesne, faience manufacturer (born c.1500) Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, poet (b.1540)
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