Events from the year 1500 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Louis XII
Events
January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan from the French, but is soon driven out by the French. January 12 – The ends. Franco-Papal victory by Cesare Borgia over Caterina Sforza. February 5 – Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan again from the French. March 21 – Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes Novara from the French. March 24 – Louis II de la Trémoille joins the main French army at Mortara, Lombardy with a corps of about 500 men, supported by artillery. April 8–10 – Battle of Novara takes place during the Second Italian War. French victory over Ludovico Sforza. June 29 – A combined force of troops from the Kingdom of France and from the Republic of Florence lay siege to the city of Pisa. November 11 – 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.
Births
January 9 – Diane de Poitiers, Noblewoman and courtier.(d.1566) January 20 – Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561) August 16 – Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte), Italian-French dignitary and diplomat (d. 1532)
Date unknown
Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (d. 1566) Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (d. 1532)
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)
References
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