1500 in France
Events from the year 1500 in France.
Incumbents
- [List of Kingdom of France|French monarchs|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.
- January 20 – Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer
- August 16 – Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte), Italian-French dignitary and diplomat
Date unknown
- Charles Dumoulin, French jurist
- Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron