1339 in France
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Events from the year 1339 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- Hundred Years' War: 
- February - French forces captured Bordeaux following a siege.
 - 26 September - English King Edward III laid siege to Cambrai as part of his effort to take the throne of France.
 - 8 October - Edward abandoned the siege after learning that French King Philip VI was arriving with an reinforcement army.[1]
 - 24 October - English forces retreated into Duchy of Brabant, ending the Thiérache campaign.
 - October - French naval forces ended their raids along the southern coast of England.
 - 3 December - England formally allied with County of Flanders. In the following months, they launched several small scale attacks on French forces in Picardy.
 
 
- 12 May - University of Grenoble was established by Humbert II, Dauphin of the Viennois.
 
- 22 November - Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.
 
Births
- 23 July - Louis I, Duke of Anjou (died 1384)
 
Full dates unknown
- Blanche of Bourbon, Queen consort of Kingdom of Castile and Leon (died 1361)
 - John IV, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)
 - Philip of Alençon, French cardinal (died 1397)
 
Deaths
Full dates unknown
- Marie of Brittany, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany (born 1268)
 
References
See also
 Media related to 1339 in France at Wikimedia Commons