1500 in France
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Events from the year 1500 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- January 5 â Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan from the French, but is soon driven out by the French.[2]
- January 12 â The Siege of Forlì ends. Franco-Papal victory by Cesare Borgia over Caterina Sforza.
- February 5 â Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan again from the French.[3]
- March 21 â Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes Novara from the French.
- March 24 â Louis II de la Trémoille joins the main French army at Mortara, Lombardy with a corps of about 500 men, supported by artillery.[4]
- April 8â10 â Battle of Novara takes place during the Second Italian War. French victory over Ludovico Sforza.[4]
- June 29 â A combined force of troops from the Kingdom of France and from the Republic of Florence lay siege to the city of Pisa.[5]
- November 11 â The Treaty of Granada is signed by Louis XII and Ferdinand II of Aragon in secret, in which they agree to partition the Kingdom of Naples between them.[6][7]
Births
- January 9 â Diane de Poitiers, Noblewoman and courtier.(d.1566)[8]
- January 20 â Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561)[9]
- August 16 â Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte), Italian-French dignitary and diplomat (d. 1532)[10]
Date unknown
- Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (d. 1566)[11]
- Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (d. 1532)[12]
Deaths
Date unknown
- André d'Espinay, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (ca. 1451)
- Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (b. 1467)
- John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (b. 1450)[13]
