Events from the year 1534 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Francis I
Events
- April 20 - French explorer Jacques Cartier embarked on a voyage seeking to find a passage to the East Indies.
- October 18 - Placards against Mass were posted by Protestants in Paris, Orléans and Amboise in what became known as Affair of the Placards.
Births
- June 15 -Henri de Montmorency, 3rd Duke of Montmorency. (d.1614)
- October 18 – Jean Passerat, political satirist and poet (d. 1602)
Date Unknown
- Claude de La Baume, bishop and cardinal (d.1584)
Deaths
- August 21 - Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, French soldier (b.1464)
- December 29 - Denis Poillot A French Knight.
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