Events from the year 1480 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Louis XI
Events 3 January – King Louis XI buys the succession rights to the Duchy of Brittany for 50,000 livres.
Births 10 April – Philibert II of Savoy, Duke of Savoy (died 1504)
Full date missing Charlotte of Albret, noblewoman and regent (died 1514) Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, Grand Chamberlain of France and governor of Provence (died 1516) François Poncher, Bishop of Paris (died 1532) Petrus Sutor, theologian and carthusian monk (died 1537) Barthélemy de Chasseneuz, jurist (died 1541) François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève, diplomat and cardinal (died 1541) Pierre Caroli, theologian and religious figure during the Reformation (died after 1545)Max Engammare: Caroli, Pierre, in: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (DHS), 1997 (French language) Charles de Solier, comte de Morette, soldier, diplomat and gentilhomme de la chambre to Francis I of France (died 1552)
Deaths 10 July – René of Anjou, Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence (born 1409)
Full date missing February – Anne of Savoy, princess of Squillace, Altamura, and Taranto (born 1455) Nicolas Jenson, pioneer, printer and type designer (born )
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