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List of events
Events from the year 1563 in
France
Incumbents
Events
- February 18 –
Francis, Duke of Guise, is assassinated while besieging
Orléans
- March 19 –
Edict of Amboise is signed at the
Château d'Amboise by
Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son
Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the
Huguenot
Louis, Prince of Condé, and
Anne, duc de Montmorency,
Constable of France, according some toleration to Huguenots, especially to aristocrats; this officially ends the first phase of the
French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre
- July 28 – The English surrender
Le Havre to the French after a siege
Births
Full date missing
Deaths
Sebastian Castellio
Full date missing
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