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Before the 14th century, oversight of the collection of royal taxes fell generally to the baillis and sénéchaux in their circumscriptions. Reforms in the 14th and 15th centuries saw France's royal financial administration run by two financial boards which worked in a collegial manner: the four généraux des finances (also called général conseiller or receveur général) oversaw the ...
The siege of Perpignan took place in 1542, at Perpignan, between a larger French army commanded by Henry, Dauphin of France and the Spanish garrison at Perpignan. [1] The Spaniards resisted until the arrival of the Spanish army under Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, causing the withdrawal of the French army.
Antoine Escalin des Aimars March 8 – Antoine Escalin des Eymars, the French ambassador, returns from Constantinople with promises of Ottoman aid in a war against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. July 12 - King Francis I, after allying with Suleiman the Magnificent, declares war once again on Charles V, starting the Italian War of 1542–1546. [2]
Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval (fl 1515–1542) was a French noblewoman who spent some years marooned on the Île des Démons while on her way to New France (Quebec). She became well known after her subsequent rescue and return to France; her story was recounted in the Heptaméron by Queen Marguerite of Navarre, and in later histories by François de Belleforest and André Thévet.
1540s in the French colonial empire (3 C) I. Italian War of 1542–1546 (15 P) Pages in category "1540s in France" ... 1542 in France; 1543 in France; 1544 in France;
May 30 – France loses the siege of Genoa after 10 days against the Holy Roman Imperial armies of General Fernando d'Avalos. [ 6 ] June 19 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits King Henry VIII of England , and signs the Treaty of Windsor , pledging a joint invasion of France, bringing England into the ongoing Italian War of 1521–1526 .
Pages in category "1542 in France" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... This page was last edited on 10 December 2021, at 20:53 (UTC).
On 31 May 1545, a French expeditionary force landed in Scotland. [81] In early July, the English under John Dudley, Viscount Lisle, mounted an attack on the French fleet, but had little success due to poor weather; nevertheless, the French suffered from a string of accidents: d'Annebault's first flagship burned, and his second ran aground. [82]