1550 in France explained

Events from the year 1550 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Henry II^[1]

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.^[2]
• The first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret.^[3]

Births

• 27 July  - Charles IX of France (died 1574)^[4]

Full date missing

• Jean Beguin, iatrochemist (died 1620)
• Marin le Bourgeoys, artist and inventor (died 1634)

Deaths

Full date missing

• Philippe de la Chambre, cardinal (born c.1480)
• Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (born 1498)
• Eguinaire Baron, jurist (born 1495)
• Georges II d'Amboise, bishop and cardinal (born 1488)
• Catherine d'Amboise, writer and poet (born 1475)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Nolan . Cathal J. . The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization . 2006 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-33733-8 . 391 . en.
2. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. London. 218–223. registration.
3. Book: Maigret, Louis. Tretté de la Grammaire française. 1550. French.
4. Encyclopedia: Karl IX, Konge af Frankrig . . 13 . 1922 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 3 October 2015 .
5. Book: Capern . Amanda L. . The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe . 30 October 2019 . Routledge . 435 . 978-1-000-70959-9 . en.