1624 in France
Events from the year 1624 in France.
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIII[1]
Events
- Winter – The Rhône and the vineyards of Languedoc freeze.[2]
- January 2 – Disgrace of Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery and Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery.[3]
- January 6 – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Keeper of the Seals of France.[4]
- April 29 – Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu to the Conseil du Roi (Royal Council).[5]
- May – Croquant rebellions in Quercy, suppressed on June 7 by Marshal de Thémines.[6]
- June 10 – Treaty of Compiègne is signed between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic.
- August 13 – Cardinal Richelieu is appointed by Louis XIII to be his chief minister, having intrigued against Charles de La Vieuville, Superintendent of Finances, arrested for corruption the previous day.[5]
- October 3 – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Grand Chancellor of France.[7]
- October 21 – Edict of Saint-Germain-en-Laye establishes a Chamber of Justice for the investigation of financial abuse and embezzlement in government.[8]
- November 26 – French troops under the Marquis de Ceuvre set out to occupy the forts of Valtellina.[9]
- December 6–10 – Treaties with Venice and the Duke of Savoy over Valtellina.
- The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge.
- The Parlement passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle, on pain of death.[10]
- Congregation of the Mission settles in the Collège des Bons Enfants in Paris.
- French colonial empire: Coastal trading settlements established in French Guiana and Senegal.
Births
- January 16 – Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (died 1679)
- March 21 – François Roberday, baroque organist and composer (died 1680)
- March 31 – Antoine Pagi, ecclesiastical historian (died 1699)
- June 11 – Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706)
- August 22 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, poet and novelist born (died 1701)
- August 25 – François de la Chaise, churchman (died 1709)
- October 30 – Paul Pellisson, historian (died 1693)
- November 3 – Jean II d'Estrées, noble (died 1707)
- November 28 – Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly, Jansenist nun (died 1684)
- Unknown date
- Louise de Prie, royal governess (died 1709)
- 1624 or 1625 – Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (died 1681)
- Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire, French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet (died 1702)
Deaths
- July 31 – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, "the Good" (born 1563)
- September 25 – Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (born 1558)
See also
References
- Sturdy, David (March 14, 2017). Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-350-31732-1.
- Braudel, Fernand (1982). La Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II. Colin. p. 250. ISBN 9782200360078.
- Hœfer, Jean-Chrétien-Ferdinand (1867). Nouvelle Biographie générale. Vol. 43. Paris: Firmin-Didot. p. 995.
- Moreri, Louis (1725). Le Grand Dictionnaire historique. Vol. 1. Paris: Mariette. p. 308.
- Hildesheimer, Françoise. La double mort du roi Louis XIII. Flammarion. ISBN 9782081277748.
- Bercé, Yves-Marie. Histoire des Croquants. Le Seuil. ISBN 9782021346138.
- Guyot, Germain Antoine (1788). Traité des droits. Paris: Visse. p. 225.
- Chasles, François-Jacques (1725). Dictionnaire universel, chronologique et historique, de justice, police, et finances. Vol. 2. Claude Robustel. p. 465.
- Charvériat, Émile (1878). Histoire de la guerre de trente ans, 1618–1648: Période palatine et période danoise (1618–1630). Vol. 1. Plon.
- "Rene Descartes". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
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