1521 in France

Incumbents

• [List of Kingdom of France|French monarchs|Monarch] - Francis I

Events

• 30 June - 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.
• August 20 - Siege of Mézières Armies of the Holy Roman Empire besiege the French town of Mézières for 3 weeks.
• 23 November - Spanish–German–Papal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.

Births

• 18 April - François de Coligny d'Andelot, French general

Date Unknown

• Anne du Bourg, French magistrate and a Protestant martyr.
• Louis de La Trémoille, French nobleman and 1st Duke of Thouars
• Gilles de Gouberville, French diarist
• Rene Benoit, French theologian and writer
• Louise de Brézé, French noblewoman.

Deaths

• April 28 - Suzanne, French noblewomen, Duchess of Bourbon