1521 in France
# 1521 in France

Events from the year 1521 in France

## Incumbents

* 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.
* 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 (d. 1569)
