Events from the year 1536 in France
Incumbents
Events
- February 29 - Francis I seizes control of Savoy as War resumes between France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Turin was captured in the next week or two.[2]
- Charles V triumphally enters Rome following the Via Triuphalis and delivers a speech before the pope and college of cardinals publicly challenging the king of France to a duel.
Births
- February 2 – Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, French poet (d. 1623)
Date Unknown
- Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, French poet (d.1606/1608)
Deaths
- February 28 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)[3]
Date Unknown
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, French theologian and humanist (b. c. 1450)
See also
References
- ^ "Francis I | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (2016). Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the obsessions that forged modern Europe. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-8946-2.
- ^ Frieda, Leonie (2018). Francis I: the maker of modern France (1st ed.). New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 978-0-06-156309-6. OCLC 1030771970.