Events from the year 1556 in France Monarch – Henry II 5 February – Truce of Vaucelles: Fighting temporarily ends between France and Spain. February –...

Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 4 – In Japan, Saitō Yoshitatsu...

Francis when he was confirmed. Victoire (24 June 1556 – 17 August 1556). Died in infancy. Jeanne (24 June 1556). Stillborn Though an Italian nation state had...

information about the literary events and publications of 1556. Unknown dates The first printing press in India is introduced by Jesuits at Saint Paul's College...

These acquisitions strengthened French borders while the abdication of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in January 1556 and division of his empire between...

June – At a Corpus Christi procession in Pátzcuaro, Morelia, Mexico, the earliest extant zarabanda was sung. Orlande de Lassus joins the court of Albrecht...

(7 March 1556 – 3 August 1621) was a French bishop, author, lawyer, Magistrate of the Parliament and Keeper of the Seals of France under French king Louis...

the Catholic and Protestant parties in France as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in Paris in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was...

branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714. They were a collection of States of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries held in personal union by the Spanish...

Restoration was the period of French history during which the House of Bourbon returned to power after the fall of Napoleon in 1815. The Second Bourbon Restoration...

Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590) was a French noblewoman. She was a mistress to Henry II of France in 1556–57. De Savigny was the daughter of Georges II...

François de Civille (1537–1610), military commander Isaac Oliver (1556–1617), French-born English painter. Guy de la Brosse (1586–1641), botanist and pharmacist...

(1516–1556) Philip II the Prudent, King (1556–1598) Philip III the Pious, King (1598–1621) France Kingdom of France: Ancien Régime (complete list) – Charles...

part of France. French rule lasted until the end of the Algerian War which resulted in Algeria gaining independence on 5 July 1962. The French conquest...

Rebellion (1552–1556) was an uprising against Tsardom of Russia. It aimed to restore the Kazan Khanate, which the Russians had conquered in October 1552...

The Kingdom of France in the early modern period, from the Renaissance (c. 1500–1550) to the Revolution (1789–1804), was a monarchy ruled by the House...

/ˈbɔːrbɒn/; French: [buʁbɔ̃]) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon...

span the river. The bridge over the river was built from 1556 to 1559 to designs by the French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme, and the gallery...

September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and...

and Prince of Sedan (1520–1556), Marshal of France in 1547 Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac (1505–1563), Marshal of France in 1550 Pietro Strozzi (1500–1558)...

and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the...

Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramont 1547–1553 Michel de Codignac 1553–1556 Jean Cavenac de la Vigne 1556–1566 Guillaume de Grandchamp de Grantrie 1566–1571 François...

The year 1556 CE in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. January 23 – Shaanxi earthquake in China. February...

Orléans (1551). Grand Almoners of France 1552-1556 : Bernard de Ruthie (died 1556), Abbot of Pontlevoy Abbey. 1556-1559 : Louis de Brézé (died 1589),...

resumed. Truce (February–September 1556) 5 February 1556: Truce of Vaucelles signed between Charles V and Henry II of France. Abdication of Charles V: Philip...

Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of...

This is a list of ministers of finance of France, including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances and Controller-General of Finances during...

(15 November 1556 – 6 December 1618) was a French politician and Roman Catholic cardinal. Jacques Davy du Perron was born in Saint-Lô in Normandy, into...

1635–1885 (in French). Chartres: Imprimerie Garnier. pp. 7–8. Brøndum, Christian (17 November 2014). "Dronningen fejrer tvivlsomt jubilæum". b.dk (in Danish)...

was divided between the German and the Spanish branches of his dynasty in 1556, most of the territories of the Burgundian Inheritance, including the Netherlands...