1509 in France

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List of events from the year 1509 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XII^[1]

Events

• April 15 – The French army under the command of Louis XII leave Milan to invade Venetian territory. Part of the War of the League of Cambrai and the Italian Wars.^[2]
• May 9 – Louis XII and his army cross the Adda River at Cassano d'Adda.^[2]
• May 14 – Battle of Agnadello: French forces defeat the Venetians. The League of Cambrai occupies Venice's mainland territories.^[2]
• July 17 – French forces lose control of the city of Padua to the Venetians.^[3]
• August 8 – The French, along with support from the Holy Roman Empire, begin a siege of Padua that would last for months to retake the city.^[4]
• October 2 – The siege of Padua ends with Venetian victory, causing the retreat of HRE and French forces back to Tyrol and Milan.^[4]
• Aft. October 2 – French forces lose control of the city of Vicenza to the Venetians.^[4]

Births

• July 10 – John Calvin, theologian, principal developer of the system later called Calvinism (d. 1564)^[5]
• August 3 – Étienne Dolet, scholar and printer (d. 1546)^[6]

Date unknown

• Antonio Gardano, composer (d. 1569)^[7]
• Élie Vinet, humanist (d. 1587)^[8]
• François Douaren, jurist (d. 1559)^[9]
• François de Scépeaux, governor (d. 1571)^[10]
• Gaspard de Saulx, military leader (d. 1573)^[11]
• Guillaume Le Testu, privateer (d. 1573)^[12]
• Valérand Poullain, Calvinist minister (d. 1557)^[13]

Deaths

Date unknown

• Nephew of Philippe de Luxembourg (b. unknown)^[14]

References

See also