1450 in France
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Events from the year 1450 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- March â French forces besiege the English under Duke of Somerset at Caen as part of the Hundred Years War
- March 22 â French take Fresnay
- April 15 â The Battle of Formigny is fought as part of the Hundred Years War.[2]
- June 5 â Siege of Caen begins[3]
- July 6 â
- Caen surrenders to the French
- Siege of Cherbourg begins[4]
- Siege of Falaise begins[4]
- July 21 â Siege of Falaise ends, French victory
- August 12 â Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the last remaining English stronghold in Normandy, surrenders to the French ending the Siege of Cherbourg[4]
- October â French invasion of Guyenne begins with the siege of Jonsac.
Deaths
- February 9 â Agnès Sorel, royal mistress (b.1422)[5]
- September 16 â Louis Aleman, cardinal (b.1390)