Events from the year 1541 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Francis I
Events
May 23 – Jacques Cartier departed from Saint-Malo on his third voyage.
Date Unknown
John Calvin translates his Institutio Christianae religionis into French, as L'Institution chrétienne.
Births
January 26 – Florent Chrestien, writer (d. 1596)
Full date missing Pierre Charron, Catholic theologian and philosopher (died 1603)
Deaths
Full date missing Georges de Selve, scholar and diplomat (born 1508) François II de La Trémoille, nobleman (born 1505) François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève, diplomat and cardinal (born 1480) Barthélemy de Chasseneuz, jurist (born 1480) Jean Clouet, painter (born 1480) Antonio Rincon, ambassador
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