Events from the year 1545 in France.
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Incumbents
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edit- July 18–19 – Battle of the Solent between English and French fleets. The engagement is inconclusive but on July 19 Henry VIII of England's flagship, the Mary Rose, sinks.[2]
- c. July 21 – Battle of Bonchurch: The English reverse an attempted French invasion of the Isle of Wight off the coast of England as part of the Italian Wars.
Births
edit- April 2 – Elisabeth of Valois, queen of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)
- May 1 – Franciscus Junius, French theologian (d. 1602)
Deaths
edit- June 12 – Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (b.1517).[3]
- July 7 – Pernette Du Guillet, poet (b. c. 1520)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Francis I | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Carroll, Stuart (2009). Martyrs and murderers: the Guise family and the making of Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922907-9. OCLC 320193300.
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