title: 1521 in France
text: # 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)
  