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Events from the year 1488 in France
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles VIII ( As king), Anne of France (As regent) Guizot M. Francois The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 2010 Nabu Press 978-1176501850
Events
January 20 – Louis II, Duke of Orléans and Francis II, Duke of Brittany are declared rebels by the Parlement of Paris.
April 7 – Francis II ordered the muster of Breton troops in Rennes.Cintré René Les marches de Bretagne au Moyen Âge 1992 150–151, 153 fr
April 15 – The French army laid siege to Châteaubriant. The city falls on the French on April 23.
April 24 – A judgment of confiscation was declared against all the goods of Louis of Orléans
May 12/13 – Louis II de la Trémoille laid siege to Ancenis at night. The city falls to French artillery on May 19.Philippe Contamine (directeur), Des origines à 1715, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1992, in André Corvisier (directeur), Histoire militaire de la France, 2-13-043872-5, p 214
July 12 –
The French army laid siege to Fougères. The city falls on the French on July 19.
French forces capture Dinan.
July 28 – Breton and French armies met at the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier. The Breton forces, led by Marshal de Rieux, are decisively beaten by the French. The defeat puts an end to the Mad War and a brief pause in the French–Breton War.Vreizh Skol Histoire de la Bretagne et des pays celtiques Tome II : l'état breton de 1341 à 1532 1987 978-2903313104 2nd fr History of Brittany and the Celtic Countries. Volume 2. The Breton State (1341-1532) B005LD6YBAWilkins Christopher The Last Knight Errant: Edward Woodville and the Age of Chivalry IB Tauris 2009Philippe Contamine, Bataille de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, in Jacques Garnier dir. Dictionnaire Perrin des guerres et batailles de l'histoire de France, Paris : Perrin, 2004.
August 20 – The Treaty of Sablé, also known as the "Treaty of le Verger" or "Treaty of the Orchard", is signed between Francis II of Brittany and King Charles VIII of France.Fisher, H. A. L. The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII, to the Death of Henry VIII, 1485–1547 (Volume V). Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, p. 29.Craik, G. L. and MacFarlane, C. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom. Charles Knight and Company, 1841, p.295. (Original from the New York Public Library.)
Births
Date unknown
Georges II d'Amboise, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (d. 1550)Miranda Salvador Salvador Miranda (historian) AMBOISE, Georges II d' (1488-1550) https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1545.htm#Amboise The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Florida International University Libraries 53276621
André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician (d. 1558)
Deaths
September 9 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany.(b.1433)Wellman Kathleen 10.12987/yale/9780300178852.001.0001 Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France 2013-05-21 Yale University Press 978-0-300-17885-2
Date unknown
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon and Archbishop of Lyon (b. 1433)
Geoffroy Cœur, French nobleman
References
See also
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