1550 in France
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Events from the year 1550 in France
Incumbents
Events
- March 24 – "Rough Wooing": England and France sign the Treaty of Boulogne, by which England withdraws from Boulogne in France and returns territorial gains in Scotland.[2]
- The first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret.[3]
Births
- July 27 – Charles IX of France (died 1574)[4]
Full date missing
- Jean Beguin, iatrochemist (died 1620)
- Marin le Bourgeoys, artist and inventor (died 1634)
Deaths
April 12 – Claude, Duke of Guise, French aristocrat and general (b.1496).[5]
Full date missing
- Philippe de la Chambre, cardinal (b. c.1480)
- Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498)
- Eguinaire Baron, jurist (b.1495)
- Georges II d'Amboise, bishop and cardinal (b. 1488)
- Catherine d'Amboise, writer and poet (b.1475)[6]
See also
References
- ^ Nolan, Cathal J. (2006). The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-313-33733-8.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 218–223. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Maigret, Louis (1550). Tretté de la Grammaire française (in French).
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1922). "Karl IX, Konge af Frankrig". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 13 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ Carroll, Stuart (2009). Martyrs and murderers: the Guise family and the making of Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922907-9. OCLC 320193300.
- ^ Capern, Amanda L. (30 October 2019). The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe. Routledge. p. 435. ISBN 978-1-000-70959-9.