title: 1556 in France
text: # 1556 in France
  
  Events from the year 1556 in France
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Henry II
  
  ## Events
  
  * 5 February – Truce of Vaucelles: Fighting temporarily ends between France and Spain.
  * February – Royal edict against women who conceal their pregnancy.
  * Summer – The false Martin Guerre appears in the village of Artigat.
  * 1 September – Dry summer leads to an early and poor harvest and forest fires in Normandy and the north.
  * November – The Truce of Vaucelles collapses and the Italian War of 1551–1559 resumes between France and Spain. Spain takes control of the Flanders region, including the modern-day Nord.
  * 4 December – Harsh winter causes the Rhône to freeze near Arles.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 7 March – Guillaume du Vair, statesman and philosopher (d. 1621)
  * 27 April – François Béroalde de Verville, novelist and poet (d. 1626)
  * 24 June – twin royal princesses
     * Joan of Valois (stillborn)
     * Victoria of France (d. 1556)
  * 18 October – Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman (d. 1605)
  * 15 November – Jacques Davy Duperron, cardinal, politician and poet (d. 1618)
  * 27 December – Jeanne de Lestonnac, founder of the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady and saint (d. 1640)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 24 June – Joan of France, royal princess (stillborn)
  * 17 August – Victoria of France, royal princess (b. 1556)
  