1491 in France

Events from the year 1491 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles VIII

Births

 * March 25 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, French nobility (died October 27 1549)
 * May 10 - Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, duchess (died April 28 1521)
 * October 6 – Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, French noble (died September 1 1545)
 * December 31 - Jacques Cartier, explorer (died September 1 1557)



Full date missing

 * John II, Count of Nevers, nobleman (born 1415)
 * Jean Balue, cardinal and minister (born c.1421)
 * Philippe Basiron, composer, singer and organist (born c.1449)