Events from the year 1531 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Francis I
Events
- Bertrand d'Ornesan, leads an expedition to Brazil to establish a commercial post. The ship sailed from Normandy with 120 men.
Births
- July 17 - Antoine de Créqui Canaples, French bishop and cardinal (d.1574)
- October 12 -Jacques de Savoie, Duke of Nemours, French Nobleman and military commander (d. 1585)
- November 16- Anna d'Este, French noblewoman, Duchess of Aumale, Nemours and Genevois (d.1607)
Date Unknown
- Barnabé Brisson, jurist and politician (d.1591)
- Petrus Morinus, biblical scholar (d.1608)
Deaths
- May 14 -Guillaume de Montmorency, Baron de Montmorency and lord of Chantilly. (b.1453)
- September 22- Louise of Savoy, mother of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre. And queen regent in 1515, 1525–1526 and 1529, during the absence of her son.(b.1476)
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