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1494, Sep 121515-15471547, Mar 31
the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. A prodigious patron of the arts, he initiated the French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to work on the Château de Chambord, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the Mona Lisa with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the rise of absolute monarchy in France, the spread of humanism and Protestantism, and the beginning of French exploration of the New World.
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01/01/1515-Francois, Duke of Angoulame, succeeds emperor Louis XII as Francis I of France
08/13/1516-Kings Charles I and Francis I of France signs Treaty of Noyon
04/22/1521-King Francis I of France declares war on Spain 
02/20/1525-Swiss and German mercenaries desert Francis I of France's army 
01/14/1526-Charles V and Francis I of France sign Treaty of Madrid -- Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders
03/17/1526-King Francis I of France freed from Spain
03/26/1526-King Francis I of France returns Spanish captivity to France 
08/05/1529-The Treaty of Cambrai -- aka the "Ladies' Peace" -- signed by emperor Charles V and King Francis I of France
06/09/1531-Pope Clement VII and Francis I of France sign secret treaty against Charles V 
06/23/1532-Henry VIII and Francis I of France signs secret treaty against emperor Charles V
01/24/1534-Francis I of France signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy 
06/18/1538-Truce of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King Francis I of France
07/15/1538-Peace talks between Charles V and King Francis I of France 
12/16/1538-King Francis I of France orders renewed pursuit of Protestants 
02/01/1539-Emperor Charles V and King Francis I of France sign anti-English treaty 
09/18/1544-HRE Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
04/12/1545-King Francis I of France orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed 
03/31/1547-Henry II succeeds Francis I of France as king of France
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Kings of France:
Charles VIII (1483-1498): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of...
Louis XII (1498-1515): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. Louis persevered in the...
Francis I of France (1515-1547): the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, ...
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Pierre Bontemps
...executed most of the bas-reliefs on the tomb of King Francis I of France, representing the French victories at the battle...
Jean de Clamorgan
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Antonio de Leyva
...he commanded Pavia during the siege of the city by Francis I of France, and took part in the Battle of Pavia in 1525. After...
Guillaume Gouffier
...brother of Artus Gouffier, seigneur de Boisy, tutor of Francis I of France, Bonnivet was brought up with Francis, and after...
Emmanuel Philibert
...duke served in Charles's army during the war against Francis I of France, distinguishing himself by capturing Hesdin in July...
Reginald Pole
...Roman Catholic government instead of Henry's; neither Francis I of France nor the Emperor supported this effort, and the...
Mellin de Saint-Gelais
French poet of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France. Mellin, who had studied at Bologna and Padua, had...
Giovanni da Verrazzano
...Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European since...
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Francis I of France1494, Sep 121515
 
15471547, Mar 31
Patrick Paniter1470 ca1500
 
15171519
 Scottish churchman and principal secretary to James V. Paniter was born around 1470 at the villag...
Aruj Barbarossa1473/741495
 
15181518
 Ottoman Bey (governor) of Algiers and Beylerbey (chief governor) of the West Mediterranean and th...
Diego Velasquez de Cuellar14651490
 
15191524, Jun 12
 a Spanish conquistador. He first visited the New World with the crew of Christopher Columbus' sec...
Selim I1465/66/70, Oct 101512
 
15201520, Sep 22
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Gavin Douglas1474 ca1496
 
15211522, Sep
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Christian II1481, Jul 11513
 
15231559, Jan 25
 a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1513...
Philip of Burgundy14641498
 
15241524
 Admiral of the Netherlands from 1498 to 1517 and bishop of Utrecht from 1517 to 1524. In the year...
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara 1464, Nov 191500
 
15261526, May 19
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15291529
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Catherine of Aragon1485, Dec 161509
 
15331536, Jan 7
 Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was prev...
Frederick I1471, Oct 71523
 
 
15331533, Apr 10
 the King of Denmark and Norway. His name is also spelled Friedrich in German, Frederik in Danish ...
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15331533
 the short-reigning king of Ayutthaya from 1529 to 1533. Prince Athittayawong was the son of Ramat...
Ratsadathirat1528/291533/34
 
 
1533/341534/35
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Anne Boleyn1501 ca1513
 
15361536, May 19
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Olav Engelbrektsson1480 ca1533
 
 
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15411541, Jul 4
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15461546
 King of the Ayutthaya kingdom of Siam. His reign was remarkable for the influx of Portuguese trad...
King Henry VIII1491, Jun 281509
 
15471547, Jan 28
  King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to...
John Hubrechtszunknown1530
 
1549unknown
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Pedro de Valdivia1497, Apr 171520
 
15531553, Dec 25
 a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army...
John Dudley [1]15041537
 
15531553, Aug 22
 an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI f...
Anne of Cleves1515, Sep 221539
 
15541557, Jul 16
  Queen of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. The marria...
Thomas Wyatt the Younger15211542
 
15541554, Apr 11
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Pedro Mascarenhas14701512
 
15551555, Jun 16
 a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the islan...
HRE Charles V1500, Feb 241506
 
15561558, Sep 21
 ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the...
Emperor Go-Nara 1495, Jan 261526
 
15571557, Sep 27
 the 105th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from Jun...
Isabella Jagiellon1519, Jan 181530
 
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Mary of Hungary1505, Sep 151514
 
15581558, Oct 18
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Christian III1503, Aug 121537
 
15591559, Jan 1
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HRE Ferdinand I1503, Mar 101521
 
15641564, Jul 25
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Turgut Reis14851500
 
15651565, Jun 23
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Suleiman I1494, Nov 61520
 
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15671567, Nov 13
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Sunan Gunungjati14481479
 
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Lamoral of Egmont1522, Nov 181542
 
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Takanobu Matsura15291540
 
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 a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was on...
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15751584, Mar 18
 the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then "Tsar of All the Russias" until his death in 1...
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo1507, Oct 291524
 
15821582, Dec 11
 a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes, 4th Marquis...
King Philip II1527, May 211540
 
15981598, Sep 13
  King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples a...
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