Events from the year 1450 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- 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
edit- 9 February - Agnès Sorel, royal mistress (born 1422)
- 16 September - 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.