1512 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Louis XII

Events

• Ongoing since 1508 – War of the League of Cambrai
• *10 August – The Battle of Saint-Mathieu, a naval battle between an English fleet of 25 ships and a Franco-Breton fleet of 22 ships.

Births

• January 15 – Robert IV de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and a Marshal of France

Date Unknown

• Thomas Sébillet, jurist, essayist and neo-Platonist grammarian
• Charles de Sainte-Marthe, Protestant and theologian
• Antonio Lafreri, engraver, cartographer and publisher

Deaths

• January – Jean Braconnier, singer and composer
• July – Gilles Mureau, composer and singer
• December 13 – Emery d'Amboise, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

Date Unknown

• Antoine Vérard, publisher, bookmaker and bookseller