1450 in France

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Events from the year 1450 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles VII^[1]

Events

• March - French forces besiege the English under Duke of Somerset at Caen as part of the Hundred Years War
• 15 April - The Battle of Formigny is fought as part of the Hundred Years War
• 6 July - Caen surrenders to the French
• 12 August - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the last remaining English stronghold in Normandy, surrenders to the French

Deaths

• 9 February - Agnès Sorel, royal mistress (born 1422)
• 16 September - Louis Aleman, cardinal (born 1390)

References