1610 in France
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Events of the year 1610 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Henry IV (until 14 May),[1] then Louis XIII[2]
- Regent: Marie de' Medici (from 14 May)[3]
Events
- May 13 â Marie de' Medici is crowned Queen of France at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
- May 14 â Henry IV, King of France, is fatally stabbed by François Ravaillac during a parade marking the recent coronation of his wife; he is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Louis.[4]
- May 15 â By the first lit de justice of Louis XIII, his mother Marie de' Medici is proclaimed regent of France.
- May 27 â Regicide François Ravaillac is executed by being pulled apart by horses in the Place de Grève, Paris.
- October 17 â Louis XIII is crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.
Births
- February 2 â Pierre Bourdelot, physician, anatomist, freethinker, abbé and libertine (died 1685)
- February 13 â Jean de Labadie, mystic (died 1674)
- April 1 â Charles de Saint-Ãvremond, soldier and writer (died 1703)
- By July 10 â Louis Maimbourg, Jesuit historian (died 1686)
- October 6 â Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, soldier (died 1690)
- François Eudes de Mézeray, historian (died 1683)
- Abraham Duquesne, naval officer (died 1688)
- Marie Meurdrac, chemist and alchemist (died 1680)
Deaths
- January 1 â François Feuardent, theologian (born 1539)
- February 27 â Philippe Canaye, diplomat (born 1551)
- May 14 â King Henry IV of France, assassinated (born 1553)[1]
- May 27 â François Ravaillac, assassin of Henry IV, executed (born 1578)