1531 in France
Events from the year 1531 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- Bertrand d'Ornesan, leads an expedition to Brazil to establish a commercial post. The ship sailed from Normandy with 120 men.
Births
- July 17 - Antoine de Créqui Canaples, French bishop and cardinal
- October 12 -Jacques de Savoie, Duke of Nemours, French Nobleman and military commander
- November 16- Anna d'Este, French noblewoman, Duchess of Aumale, Nemours and Genevois
Date Unknown
- Barnabé Brisson, jurist and politician
- Petrus Morinus, biblical scholar
Deaths
- May 14 -Guillaume de Montmorency, Baron de Montmorency and lord of Chantilly.
- September 22- Louise of Savoy, mother of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre. And queen regent in 1515, 1525–1526 and 1529, during the absence of her son.