Events from the year 1539 in France.
Events January 12 - France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire agree to make no further alliances with England. August - The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts is signed, the oldest law in France remaining today. The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a former royal palace, is rebuilt.
Births
May 26 - Renée of Bourbon, Duchess of Lorraine (b.1494) November 21 - Pierre Pithou, a lawyer and scholar, is born in Troyes, France. (d.1596)
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Olivier de Serres, author and soil scientist (d.1619)
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