Timeline September 1544

Events in September 1544 3

• 1496 – 1544 Clément Marot (1496-1544) Died 12 September 1544, aged 48 Clément Marot was a leading French Renaissance poet whose verse translations of the Psalms and courtly poetry influenced generations of French writers. He served at the courts of Francis I and Margaret of Navarre before dying in Turin on 12 September 1544.
• 1544 Siege and capture of Boulogne Henry VIII's army takes the French port after a two-month siege English forces under Henry VIII besieged the French Channel port of Boulogne beginning 19 July 1544 and forced its surrender on 14 September. The capture was a rare English success in the Italian Wars period but proved costly to hold and was returned to France under treaty in 1550.
• 1544 Treaty of Crépy Francis I and Charles V end the Italian War of 1542–46 Signed on 18 September 1544 at Crépy-en-Laonnois, the treaty ended the latest round of war between King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Its territorial provisions, including a planned marriage settlement over the Duchy of Milan, largely collapsed within two years when the designated groom died.