1520 in France explained

Events from the year 1520 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Francis I

Events

• June 7, a meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France was held in Calais and lasted 18 days, until June 24. This event is known as the Field of Cloth of Gold.^[1]

Births

• January 1 -François Baudouin, French jurist, Christian controversialist and historian. (d.1573)
• August 10 - Madeleine of Valois, third daughter of King Francis and his first wife Claude, Duchess of Brittany, she was Queen of Scotland between 1 January 1537 – 7 July 1537 (d.1537)

Deaths

• Henri Estienne, Parisian printer.(b.1460 or 1470)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Field of the Cloth of Gold . 2024-10-11 . Historic UK . en-GB.