1624 in France
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Events from the year 1624 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIII[1]
Events
- Winter â The Rhône and the vineyards of Languedoc freeze.[2]
- 2 January â Disgrace of Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery and Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery.[3]
- 6 January â Ãtienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Keeper of the Seals of France.[4]
- 29 April â Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu to the Conseil du Roi (Royal Council).[5]
- May â Croquant rebellions in Quercy, suppressed on 7 June by Marshal de Thémines.[6]
- 10 June â Treaty of Compiègne is signed between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic.
- 13 August â 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]
- 3 October â Ãtienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Grand Chancellor of France.[7]
- 21 October â Edict of Saint-Germain-en-Laye establishes a Chamber of Justice for the investigation of financial abuse and embezzlement in government.[8]
- 26 November â French troops under the Marquis de Ceuvre set out to occupy the forts of Valtellina.[9]
- 6â10 December â 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
- 16 January â Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (died 1679)
- 21 March â François Roberday, baroque organist and composer (died 1680)
- 31 March â Antoine Pagi, ecclesiastical historian (died 1699)
- 11 June â Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706)
- 22 August â Jean Regnault de Segrais, poet and novelist born (died 1701)
- 25 August â François de la Chaise, churchman (died 1709)
- 30 October â Paul Pellisson, historian (died 1693)
- 3 November â Jean II d'Estrées, noble (died 1707)
- 28 November â Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly, Jansenist nun (died 1684)
- Unknown date
- Louise de Prie, royal governess (died 1709)
- 1624 or 1625 â Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (died 1681)
- Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire, French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet (died 1702)
Deaths
- 31 July â Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, "the Good" (born 1563)
- 25 September â Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (born 1558)
