1632 in France
Events from the year 1632 in France.
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See also: | Other events of 1632 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIII[1]
Events
- March 29 – The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- July 23 – Three hundred colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
- September 1 – A rebellion against French king Louis XIII is crushed at the Battle of Castelnaudary. The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.
- September 9 – Thirty Years' War – Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attempts to break the siege, but is defeated in the Battle of the Alte Veste.
Births
- January 1 – Claude de Choiseul-Francières, a Marshal of France (d. 1711)
- February 12 – Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, businessman active in Canada (d. 1702)
- May 3 – Catherine of St. Augustine, nun and nurse of New France (d. 1668)
- June 10 – Esprit Fléchier, writer and Bishop of Nîmes (d. 1710)
- June 14 – Jean Gallois, scholar and abbé (d. 1707)
- August 13 – François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, ecclesiastic (d. 1713)
- August 20 – Louis Bourdaloue, Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)[2]
- September 12 (bapt.) – Claude Lefèbvre, painter and engraver (d. 1675)
- September 15 – Comte de Grignan, aristocrat (d. 1714)
Deaths
- October 30 – Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. 1595)
See also
References
- Sturdy, David (14 March 2017). Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-350-31732-1.
- "Louis Bourdaloue | French priest | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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