Events from the year 1536 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Francis I
Events
February 29 - Francis I seizes control of Savoy as War resumes between France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Turin was captured in the next week or two. Charles V triumphally enters Rome following the Via Triuphalis and delivers a speech before the pope and college of cardinals publicly challenging the king of France to a duel.
Births
February 2 – Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, French poet (d. 1623)
Date Unknown Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, French poet (d.1606/1608)
Deaths
February 28 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)
Date Unknown Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, French theologian and humanist (b. c. 1450)
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