deaths
January 9, 1571
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (born 1510)
Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegagnon, also Villegaignon was a commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer who attempted to help the Huguenots in France escape persecution, before turning against them due to Eucharistic disputes.