1448 in France
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Events from the year 1448 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- January 15 â Le Mans is not returned to the French by January 15, 1448, as outlined in the Treaty of Tours, resulting in the French army surrounding the city.[2]
- December 22 â Henry VI cede the lands of Maine and Anjou under threat of military force from Charles VII following refusal to fulfil the terms of the Treaty of Tours.[3]
Date unknown
- Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset is appointed as commander in occupied France replacing Richard, Duke of York.[4]
- A gathering of the Estates General, a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects was called by Charles VII at Bourges.
Births
- July 7 â Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1473)
Date unknown
- Gaston de Foix, Earl of Kendal and Count of Candale and Benauges (d. 1500)
Deaths
- March 18 â Catherine Quicquat, woman executed for witchcraft.[5]
- July 7 â Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Calabria (b. 1428)
