1423 in France explained

Events from the year 1423 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Charles VII^[1]

Events

• February 11 – Hundred Years War: The island of Tombelaine, off of the coast of France, is taken by English forces in order to be used as a base to attack Mont Saint-Michel.
• April 13 - Hundred Years' War – Treaty of Amiens: A defensive agreement is signed between Burgundy, Brittany, and England.
• July 31 – Hundred Years' War – Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated at Cravant, on the banks of the River Yonne near Auxerre, by the English and their Burgundian allies.
• September 26 – Hundred Years' War: The Battle of La Brossinière is fought in France near Bourgon in what is now the Mayenne département. The English force of 2,800 men, under the command of Sir John De la Pole, is crushed by the armies of France, Anjou and Maine, and the English suffer more than 1,400 deaths.^[2]

Births

• 3 July  - Louis XI of France (died 1483)^[3]

Full date missing

• Pierre d'Aubusson (d. 3 July 1503)
• Hélie de Bourdeilles, Franciscan, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal, (d. 5 July 1484)
• , nobleman and court official (d. 1481)

Deaths

Full date missing

• Margaret of Bavaria (born 1363)
• Jean Courtecuisse, bishop (born c.1350)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hourihane . Colum . The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . 2012 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-539536-5 . 225 . 31 May 2022 . en.
2. Juliet R. V. Barker, Conquest: The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War (Abacus, 2010)
3. Encyclopedia: Ludvig XI, Konge af Frankrig . . 16 . 1924 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 7 October 2015 .