1643 in France
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Events from the year 1643 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Louis XIII (until 14 May);[1] then Louis XIV[2]
- Regent: Anne of Austria (from 14 May)[3]
Events
- 14 May â Louis XIII dies,[1] and Louis XIV becomes King of France.[2]
- 19 May â Battle of Rocroi
Births
Full date missing
- Jean Chapelain, traveler (died 1713)[4]
- Louis Moréri, priest and encyclopedist (died 1680)
- Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (died 1709)
Deaths
- 14 May â Louis XIII (born 1601)[1]
Full date missing
- Pierre Hérigone, mathematician and astronomer (born 1580)
- Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Catholic priest (born 1581)
- Henri Spondanus, jurist and historian (born 1568)
- Ãtienne de la Croix, Jesuit missionary and writer (born 1579)
