Events from the year 1450 in France
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Incumbents
editEvents
edit- March – French forces besiege the English under Duke of Somerset at Caen as part of the Hundred Years War
- March 22 – French take Fresnay
- April 15 – The Battle of Formigny is fought as part of the Hundred Years War
- June 5 – Siege of Caen begins[2]
- July 6 –
- Caen surrenders to the French
- Siege of Cherbourg begins[3]
- Siege of Falaise begins[3]
- July 21 – Siege of Falaise ends, French victory
- August 12 – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the last remaining English stronghold in Normandy, surrenders to the French ending the Siege of Cherbourg[3]
- October – French invasion of Guyenne begins with the siege of Jonsac.
Deaths
edit- February 9 – Agnès Sorel, royal mistress (born 1422)
- September 16 – Louis Aleman, cardinal (born 1390)
References
edit- ^ Hourihane, Colum (2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 182.
- ^ a b c Nicolle, David (2012). The Fall of English France 1449–53. Illustrated by Graham Turner. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1849086176.