1500 in France

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Events from the year 1500 in France .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XII ^[1]

Events

• January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan from the French, but is soon driven out by the French. ^[2]
• January 12 – The Siege of Forlì  [ it ] ends. Franco-Papal victory by Cesare Borgia over Caterina Sforza.
• February 5 – Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan again from the French. ^[3]
• March 21 – Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes Novara from the French.
• March 24 – Louis II de la Trémoille joins the main French army at Mortara, Lombardy with a corps of about 500 men, supported by artillery. ^[4]
• April 8–10 – Battle of Novara takes place during the Second Italian War. French victory over Ludovico Sforza. ^[4]
• June 29 – A combined force of troops from the Kingdom of France and from the Republic of Florence lay siege to the city of Pisa. ^[5]
• November 11 – The Treaty of Granada is signed by Louis XII and Ferdinand II of Aragon in secret, in which they agree to partition the Kingdom of Naples between them. ^{[6] [7]}

Births

• January 9 – Diane de Poitiers, Noblewoman and courtier.(d.1566) ^[8]
• January 20 – Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561) ^[9]
• August 16 – Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte), Italian-French dignitary and diplomat (d. 1532) ^[10]

Date unknown

• Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (d. 1566) ^[11]
• Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (d. 1532) ^[12]

Deaths

Date unknown

• André d'Espinay, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (ca. 1451)
• Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (b. 1467)
• John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (b. 1450) ^[13]

References

1. "Louis XII | Facts, History, & Reign | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. Salvatorelli, Luigi (1977). A Concise History of Italy: From Prehistoric Times to Our Own Day. AMS Press. p. 371. ISBN   978-0-404-14596-5 . Retrieved 13 June 2023.
3. Meschini, Stefano (2006). La Francia nel ducato di Milano: Dall'occupazione del Ducato alla Lega di Cambrai (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 96. ISBN   978-88-464-7134-5 . Retrieved 13 June 2023.
4. Rickard, John (1 September 2014). "Battle of Novara, 8 April 1500". History of War. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
5. Baumgartner, Frederic J. (1994). Louis XII. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 120. ISBN   978-0-312-12072-6 . Retrieved 14 June 2023.
6. Knecht, Robert (1 April 2007). The Valois: Kings of France 1328-1589. A&C Black. p. 128. ISBN   978-1-85285-522-2 . Retrieved 15 June 2023.
7. Romane, Julian (2020). The First and Second Italian Wars 1494–1504: Fearless Knights, Ruthless Princes and the Coming of Gunpowder Armies. Pen and Sword Military. p. 188. ISBN   978-1526750518.
8. Wellman, Kathleen (2013-05-21). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-17885-2.
9. Vella, Horatio C. R. (2003). "Jean Quintin's Insulae Melitae Descriptio (1536) : an anniversary and a discussion on its sources" (PDF). Humanitas: Journal of the Faculty of Arts. 2. University of Malta: 155–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2020.
10. Affò, Ireneo (1780). Vita di Luigi Gonzaga detto Rodomonte principe del Sacro Romano Impero, duca di Trajetto, conte di Fondi, e signore di Rivarolo (in Italian). Filippo Carmignani. p. 29. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
11. Decock, Wim (2019). "Charles Dumoulin: (1500–1566)". Great Christian Jurists in French History. Cambridge University Press. pp. 97–116. ISBN   978-1-108-48408-4 . Retrieved 17 June 2023.
12. Robin, Diana; Larsen, Anne R.; Levin, Carole (March 2007). Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN   978-1-85109-772-2 . Retrieved 17 June 2023.
13. Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   978-1137339140.