1541 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Francis I

Births

Full date missing

• Pierre Charron, Catholic theologian and philosopher

Deaths

Full date missing

• Georges de Selve, scholar and diplomat
• François II de La Trémoille, nobleman
• François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève, diplomat and cardinal
• Barthélemy de Chasseneuz, jurist
• Jean Clouet, painter
• Antonio Rincon, ambassador