Events from the year 1559 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry II (until July 10), then Francis II
Events The Ancient Diocese of Saint-Omer established.
Births
Full date missing Catherine de Bourbon (died 1604) Jacques d'Amboise, surgeon (died 1606) Isaac Casaubon, scholar and philologist (died 1614)
Deaths
10 July – Henry II of France (born 1519)
Full date missing Martin du Bellay, nobleman (born 1495) Jacquet of Mantua, composer (born 1483) Nicolas Denisot, poet and painter (born 1515) Pierre Doré, theologian (born c.1500) Antoine Le Maçon, translator (born c.1500) Antoine Sanguin, clergyman (born 1493) Anne du Bourg, magistrate (born 1521)
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