1544 in France

Events from the year 1544 in France.

Incumbents

Monarch - Francis I

Events

April 11- Battle of Ceresole
2 to 4 June - Battle of Serravalle
July - August; siege of St. Dizier, during the Italian War of 1542–46.
September 18 - The Treaty of Crépy is signed between representatives of King Francis I and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Births

January 19 - Francis II of France, King of France and Scotland from 1559 to 1560.

Full date missing

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet.

Deaths

June 14 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, French aristocrat and general.

Full date missing

Clément Marot, poet
Charles du Dros, governor
Bonaventure des Périers, writer
Pierre Chambiges, mason and architect
René of Châlon, Prince of Orange and stadtholder in the Low Countries