1524 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Francis I

Events

• Formation of the Franco-Polish alliance
• Italian campaign of 1524–25

Births

• February 17 - Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
• October 16 - Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur.
• September 11 - Pierre de Ronsard, poet

Full date missing

• Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, soldier.
• Gilles de Noailles, diplomat

Deaths

• April 30 - Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, soldier
• July 20 - Claude of France, Queen of France, the first wife of Francis I.
• September 18 - Charlotte of France, princess

Full date missing

• Étienne de Poncher, prelate and diplomat