1339 in France

Events from the year 1339 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Philip VI

Events

 * Hundred Years' War:
 * February - French forces captured Bordeaux following a siege.
 * 26 September - English King Edward III laid siege to Cambrai as part of his effort to take the throne of France.
 * 8 October - Edward abandoned the siege after learning that French King Philip VI was arriving with an reinforcement army.
 * 24 October - English forces retreated into Duchy of Brabant, ending the Thiérache campaign.
 * October - French naval forces ended their raids along the southern coast of England.
 * 3 December - England formally allied with County of Flanders. In the following months, they launched several small scale attacks on French forces in Picardy.


 * 12 May - University of Grenoble was established by Humbert II, Dauphin of the Viennois.


 * 22 November - Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.

Births

 * 23 July - Louis I, Duke of Anjou (died 1384)

Full dates unknown

 * Blanche of Bourbon, Queen consort of Kingdom of Castile and Leon (died 1361)
 * John IV, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)
 * Philip of Alençon, French cardinal (died 1397)

Full dates unknown

 * Marie of Brittany, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany (born 1268)