Events from the year 1540 in France
Incumbents
Events
- January 1 (New Year's Day), Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, at the invite of king Frances I, visits Paris for the first and only time and stays for 2 months.[1]
- June 1, Edict of Fontainebleau was issued by King Francis I branding Protestants as heretics and condemned to death.[2]
Births
- August 5 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French-Italian religious leader and scholar. (d.1609)
Date Unknown
- Georgette de Montenay, French author (b.1581)
- Jean de Serres, French historian (b.1598)
- François Viète, French mathematician (d.1603)
Deaths
- August 20 - Guillaume Budé, French scholar (b.1467)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The history of the French Reformation – The Standard Bearer Magazine by Reformed Free Publishing Association | RFPA". Retrieved 2024-10-05.
