Events from the year 1550 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry II
Events
March 24 – "Rough Wooing": England and France sign the Treaty of Boulogne, by which England withdraws from Boulogne in France and returns territorial gains in Scotland. The first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret.
Births
July 27 – Charles IX of France (died 1574)
Full date missing Jean Beguin, iatrochemist (died 1620) Marin le Bourgeoys, artist and inventor (died 1634)
Deaths April 12 – Claude, Duke of Guise, French aristocrat and general (b.1496).
Full date missing Philippe de la Chambre, cardinal (b. c.1480) Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498) Eguinaire Baron, jurist (b.1495) Georges II d'Amboise, bishop and cardinal (b. 1488) Catherine d'Amboise, writer and poet (b.1475)
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