1528 in France
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Events from the year 1528 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- March 28 â King Francis I accepts the challenge to a duel issued by Holy Roman emperor Charles V.[2]
- April - August â Siege of Naples is carried out by French tropes led by Odet de Foix, the siege ended when a plague of Cholera swept through the French army, killing Odet de Foix and reducing the army by two-thirds .[3][2]
- September12 â Andrea Doria defeats his former allies, the French, and establishes the independence of Genoa.
- Rebuilding the Chateau Fontainebleau in France is begun.[4]
Births
- November 16 âJeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. 1572)[5]
- Jean-Jacques Boissard, French antiquary and Latin poet (d. 1602)
- probable
- Paul de Foix French diplomat
Deaths
- August 15 â Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
