1509 in France
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List of events from the year 1509 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- April 15 â The French army under the command of Louis XII leave Milan to invade Venetian territory. Part of the War of the League of Cambrai and the Italian Wars.[2]
- May 9 â Louis XII and his army cross the Adda River at Cassano d'Adda.[2]
- May 14 â Battle of Agnadello: French forces defeat the Venetians. The League of Cambrai occupies Venice's mainland territories.[2]
- July 17 â French forces lose control of the city of Padua to the Venetians.[3]
- August 8 â The French, along with support from the Holy Roman Empire, begin a siege of Padua that would last for months to retake the city.[4]
- October 2 â The siege of Padua ends with Venetian victory, causing the retreat of HRE and French forces back to Tyrol and Milan.[4]
- Aft. October 2 â French forces lose control of the city of Vicenza to the Venetians.[4]
Births
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- July 10 â John Calvin, theologian, principal developer of the system later called Calvinism (d. 1564)[5]
- August 3 â Ãtienne Dolet, scholar and printer (d. 1546)[6]
Date unknown
- Antonio Gardano, composer (d. 1569)[7]
- Ãlie Vinet, humanist (d. 1587)[8]
- François Douaren, jurist (d. 1559)[9]
- François de Scépeaux, governor (d. 1571)[10]
- Gaspard de Saulx, military leader (d. 1573)[11]
- Guillaume Le Testu, privateer (d. 1573)[12]
- Valérand Poullain, Calvinist minister (d. 1557)[13]
Deaths
Date unknown
- Nephew of Philippe de Luxembourg (b. unknown)[14]
