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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 ...
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.
1542 in literature. ... December – Catherine Des Roches, French poet and writer (died 1587) ... October 11 – Sir Thomas Wyatt, English poet ...
April 27 – In the Battle of Bicocca, French and Swiss forces under Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, the French governor of Milan are defeated by Prospero Colonna's combined Imperial and Papal army in their attempt to retake Milan. [3] May 29 – England formally declares war on France. [4] [5]
January 1 (New Year's Day), Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, at the invite of king Frances I, visits Paris for the first and only time and stays for 2 months. [ 1 ] June 1 , Edict of Fontainebleau was issued by King Francis I branding Protestants as heretics and condemned to death.
July – Italian Wars: Attempted French invasion of the Isle of Wight. [3] 18–19 July – Battle of the Solent between English and French fleets. On 19 July, Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, sinks [2] but the French are unable to land on the English mainland. c.21 July – Battle of Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight: The French are defeated.
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