1502 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch –Louis XII

Events

• December – The French army defeats the Spanish in the Second Battle of Seminara as part of the Italian wars of 1499–1504. This battle might be known by a different name and is referred to as the battle of Terranova in some sources.

Births

• March 18 – Philibert de Chalon, Prince of Orange
• June 2 – Guillaume Bigot, French writer

Date unknown

• Blaise de Monluc, prolific French soldier.

Deaths

• December 23 –Jean-Simon de Champigny, Bishop of Paris

Date unknown

• Octavien de Saint-Gelais, French poet and translator.