1544 in France

Events from the year 1544 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Francis I

Events

 * 11 April – Battle of Ceresole
 * 2 to 4 June – Battle of Serravalle
 * July - August; siege of St. Dizier, during the Italian War of 1542–46

Full date missing

 * Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet (died 1590).

Full date missing

 * Clément Marot, poet (born 1496)
 * Charles du Dros, governor
 * Bonaventure des Périers, writer (born c.1510)
 * Pierre Chambiges, mason and architect
 * René of Châlon, Prince of Orange and stadtholder in the Low Countries