Events from the year 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 (d. 1556)
Date Unknown Thomas Sébillet, jurist, essayist and neo-Platonist grammarian (d. 1589) Charles de Sainte-Marthe, Protestant and theologian (d.1555) Antonio Lafreri, engraver, cartographer and publisher (d. 1577)
Deaths
January – Jean Braconnier, singer and composer (b. Unknown) July – Gilles Mureau, composer and singer (b. c. 1450) December 13 – Emery d'Amboise, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1434)
Date Unknown Antoine Vérard, publisher, bookmaker and bookseller (b. before 1485)
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