1540 in France
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Events from the year 1540 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- January 1 (New Year's Day), Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, at the invite of king Frances I, visits Paris for the first and only time and stays for 2 months.[1]
- June 1, Edict of Fontainebleau was issued by King Francis I branding Protestants as heretics and condemned to death.[2]
Births
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- August 5 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French-Italian religious leader and scholar. (d.1609)
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- Georgette de Montenay, French author (b.1581)
- Jean de Serres, French historian (b.1598)
- François Viète, French mathematician (d.1603)
- Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, poet (d.1564)[3]
Deaths
- August 20 - Guillaume Budé, French scholar (b.1467)
