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 (by marriage) from 1559 to 1560.(d.1560)
Full date missing Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet (d.1590).
Deaths June 14 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, French aristocrat and general(b.1489).
Full date missing Clément Marot, poet (b. 1496) Charles du Dros, governor Bonaventure des Périers, writer (b. c.1510) Pierre Chambiges, mason and architect René of Châlon, Prince of Orange and stadtholder in the Low Countries
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