1503 in France
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Events from the year 1503 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- February 13 â Challenge of Barletta: Thirteen Italian knights defeat thirteen French knights in a duel, near Barletta.[1]
- February 23 â FrenchâSpanish Wars in Italy â Battle of Ruvo: The Spanish defeat the French.[2]
- April 21
- Battle of Seminara: Spanish forces under Fernando de Andrade de las Mariñas defeat the French under Bernard Stewart, 4th Lord of Aubigny.[3]
- Battle of Cerignola: Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat the French under Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours.[4]
- August 18 â 7 French cardinals are called to Rome for a papal conclave, to start in September following the death of Pope Alexander VI.
- November 11 â Bernard Stewart, 4th Lord of Aubigny, commander of the defeated French forces and a prisoner of war since his April 21 defeat at the Battle of Seminara, is released from Castel Nuovo in Naples after a truce between France and Spain.[5]
- December 29 â The Battle of Garigliano takes place near Gaeta in Italy. Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat a FrenchâItalian mercenary army under Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
Births
- December 14 â Michel de Nostredame, called Nostradamus, French physician, astrologer and writer of Les Propheties (1555) (d. 1566)[6]
Date unknown
- Jean Suau, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (d. 1566)[7]
- Robert Estienne, French printer (d. 1559)[8]
- probable â Nicholas Bourbon, French poet[9]
Deaths
- April 28 â Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, French nobleman, politician and military commander (b. 1472)
- July 24 â Louise of Savoy, member of French royal family and a Poor Clare nun (b. 1461)
Date unknown
- Jean Poyer, French painter (b. Unknown)
