Events from the year 1523 in France
Incumbents
Events
- June 8 -King Francis I bans the dispatch of money from the French court to Rome and expels the papal nuncio.[2]
- Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, plotted against King Francis I allaying with the Habsburgs. The plot ultimately failed, and Charles fled France. [3]
Birth
- April 5 - Blaise de Vigenère, French diplomat, translator and the creator of the Vigenère cipher.(d.1596)
- June 5- Margaret of Valois, Daughter of king Francis I, Duchess of Berry and Duchess of Savoy by marriage. (d.1574)
- September 22- Charles de Bourbon French nobleman and Archbishop of Rouen (d.1590)
Deaths
- August 8- Jean Vallière, a French friar who was the first protestant executed on a charge of heresy in France.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Francis I | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Frieda, Leonie (2018). Francis I: The Maker of Modern France.
- ^ Lundell, Richard (1995-09-01). ": The Man Who Sacked Rome: Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France (1490- 1527)". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 26 (3): 711–712. doi:10.2307/2543177. ISSN 0361-0160.
- ^ "1523: Jean Valliere, the first Protestant burnt in France | Executed Today". 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
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