1521 in France
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Events from the year 1521 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- 30 June â Battle of Esquiroz: French forces under Henri d'Albret, exiled King of Navarre, are defeated by the Spanish and forced to abandon their attempt to recover Henri's kingdom.[2]
- August 20 â Siege of Mézières Armies of the Holy Roman Empire besiege the French town of Mézières for 3 weeks.[2]
Illustration of the siege of Mézières - 23 November â SpanishâGermanâPapal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.
Births
- 18 April â François de Coligny d'Andelot, French general (d. 1569)
Date Unknown
- Anne du Bourg, French magistrate and a Protestant martyr. (d.1559)
- Louis de La Trémoille, French nobleman and 1st Duke of Thouars (d.1577)
- Gilles de Gouberville, French diarist (d.1578)
- Rene Benoit(or Rene Benedict), French theologian and writer (d.1608)[3]
- Louise de Brézé, French noblewoman .(d.1577)[4]
Deaths
- April 28 - Suzanne, French noblewomen, Duchess of Bourbon (b.1491)
