1503 in France
Events from the year 1503 'in France'.
Incumbents
- [List of Kingdom of France|French monarchs|Monarch] –Louis XII
Events
- February 13 – Challenge of Barletta: Thirteen Italian knights defeat thirteen French knights in a duel, near Barletta.
- February 23 – French–Spanish Wars in Italy – Battle of Ruvo: The Spanish defeat the French.
- April 21
- * Battle of Seminara: Spanish forces under Fernando de Andrade de las Mariñas defeat the French under Bernard Stewart, 4th Lord of Aubigny.
- * Battle of Cerignola: Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat the French under Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours.
- August 18 – 7 French cardinals are called to Rome for a papal conclave, to start in September following the death of Pope Alexander VI.
- November 11 – 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.
- December 29 – The Battle of Garigliano takes place near Gaeta in Italy. Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat a French–Italian mercenary army under Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
Births
- December 14 – Michel de Nostredame, called Nostradamus, French physician, astrologer and writer of ''Les Propheties''
Date unknown
- Jean Suau, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
- Robert Estienne, French printer probable – Nicholas Bourbon, French poet
Deaths
- April 28 – Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, French nobleman, politician and military commander
- July 24 – Louise of Savoy, member of French royal family and a Poor Clare nun