1449 in France

Incumbents

• [List of French people|French monarchs|Monarch] – Charles VII

Events

• March 24 – Hundred Years' War: English forces capture Fougères in Brittany.
• May – Hundred Years' War:
• * The French recapture Gerberoy
• * The French recapture Cognac
• * The French recapture Saint-Mégrin
• * The French recapture Conches following the capture of Château de Conches-en-Ouche lead by
• * The French recapture Pont-de-l'Arche
• July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy in the Normandy campaign of 1449-1450
• August 25 – The French recapture Verneuil after the Siege of Verneuil from July 19 – August 25, 1449.
• October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English which the English captured in the 1418/1419 siege of Rouen.
• September – Gaston IV, Count of Foix, favouring the King of France, initiates the reconquest of Guyenne by taking Château de Mauléon.

Births

• October 29 – Peter of Foix the Younger, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

Deaths

Date unknown

• Jean de la Trémoille, seigneur of Jonvelle, Grand Master and Grand Chamberlain to the dukes of Burgundy John the Fearless and Philip the Good.
• Barthélémy Texier, Master of the Order of Preachers from 1426
• Tanneguy du Châtel, Grand Master of France and murderer of Duke John the Fearless