Events from the year 1502 in France.

Incumbents

Monarch –Louis XII

Events

December – The French army defeats the Spanish in the Second Battle of Seminara as part of the Italian wars of 1499–1504. This battle might be known by a different name and is referred to as the battle of Terranova in some sources.

Births

March 18 – Philibert de Chalon, Prince of Orange (d.1530) June 2 – Guillaume Bigot, French writer (d. 1550)

Date unknown Blaise de Monluc, prolific French soldier. (d.1577)

Deaths

December 23 –Jean-Simon de Champigny, Bishop of Paris

Date unknown Octavien de Saint-Gelais, French poet and translator.(b.1468)

See also

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