1524 in France

Events from the year 1524 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Francis I

Events

 * Formation of the Franco-Polish alliance
 * Italian campaign of 1524–25

Births

 * 17 February – Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (died 1574)
 * 11 September – Pierre de Ronsard, poet (died 1585)

Full date missing

 * Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, soldier (died 1592).
 * Gilles de Noailles, diplomat (died 1600)

Deaths

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

Full date missing

 * Étienne de Poncher, prelate and diplomat (born 1446)