Events from the year 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 (d. 1574) October 16 – Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1577). September 11 – Pierre de Ronsard, poet (d. 1585)

Full date missing Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, soldier (d. 1592). Gilles de Noailles, diplomat (d. 1600)

Deaths April 30 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, soldier (b. 1473) July 20 – Claude of France, Queen of France, the first wife of Francis I (b. 1499). September 18 – Charlotte of France, princess (b. 1516)

Full date missing Étienne de Poncher, prelate and diplomat (b. 1446)

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