1536 in France
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Events from the year 1536 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- February 29 - Francis I seizes control of Savoy as War resumes between France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Turin was captured in the next week or two.[2]
- Charles V triumphally enters Rome following the Via Triuphalis and delivers a speech before the pope and college of cardinals publicly challenging the king of France to a duel.
Births
- February 2 â Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, French poet (d. 1623)
Date Unknown
- Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, French poet (d.1606/1608)
Deaths
- February 28 â Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)[3]
Date Unknown
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Ãtaples, French theologian and humanist (b. c. 1450)
