1544 in France
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Events from the year 1544 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- April 11â Battle of Ceresole
- 2 to 4 June â Battle of Serravalle
- July - August; siege of St. Dizier, during the Italian War of 1542â46.
- September 18 - The Treaty of Crépy is signed between representatives of King Francis I and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.[2]
Births
- January 19 - Francis II of France, King of France and Scotland (by marriage) from 1559 to 1560.(d.1560) [2]
Full date missing
- Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet (d.1590).[3]
Deaths
June 14 â Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, French aristocrat and general(b.1489).[4]
Full date missing
- Clément Marot, poet (b. 1496)
- Charles du Dros, governor
- Bonaventure des Périers, writer (b. c.1510)
- Pierre Chambiges, mason and architect
- René of Châlon, Prince of Orange and stadtholder in the Low Countries
