1554 in France
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Events from the year 1554 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- August 2 â Battle of Marciano: SeneseâFrench forces are defeated by the FlorentineâImperial army.
- August 12 â Battle of Renty: French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.
Births
- March 22 â Catherine de Parthenay, French noblewoman and mathematician (d. 1631)
- March 26 â Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
Date unknown
- Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (d. 1612)
