1607 in France
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Events from the year 1607 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- Pont Neuf inaugurated in Paris
- The rule of Andorra passes jointly to the king of France and the Bishop of Urgell
- 20 December â "Great Winter", 3 months of harsh weather, begins
Births
- 10 January â Isaac Jogues, Jesuit priest and missionary (died 1646)
- 24 June â Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, member of the Conseil d'Ãtat (died 1691)
- 10 July â Philippe Labbe, Jesuit writer (died 1667)
- 12 July â Jean Petitot, painter (died 1691).[2]
- between 31 October and 6 December â Pierre de Fermat, mathematician (died 1665)
- 15 November â Madeleine de Scudéry, writer (died 1701)[3]
- Full date missing â Ãtienne de Flacourt, governor of Madagascar (died 1660)
Deaths
- 15 April â César de Bus, priest (born 1544)
- 17 May 17 â Anna d'Este, princess (born 1531)
- 5 September â Pomponne de Bellièvre, politician (born 1529)
- 7 or 9 September â Pomponne de Bellièvre, statesman (born 1529)
