1512 in France
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Events from the year 1512 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- Ongoing since 1508 â War of the League of Cambrai
- 10 August â The Battle of Saint-Mathieu, a naval battle between an English fleet of 25 ships and a Franco-Breton fleet of 22 ships.[2]
Births
- January 15 â Robert IV de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and a Marshal of France (d. 1556)
Date Unknown
- Thomas Sébillet, jurist, essayist and neo-Platonist grammarian (d. 1589)
- Charles de Sainte-Marthe, Protestant and theologian (d.1555)
- Antonio Lafreri, engraver, cartographer and publisher (d. 1577)[3]
Deaths
- January â Jean Braconnier, singer and composer (b. Unknown)
- July â Gilles Mureau, composer and singer (b. c. 1450)
- December 13 â Emery d'Amboise, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1434)
Date Unknown
- Antoine Vérard, publisher, bookmaker and bookseller (b. before 1485)
