1651 in France
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Events from the year 1651 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Louis XIV[1]
- Regent â Anne of Austria (until 7 September)[2]
Events
- The Lycée Stendhal was founded
- Château de Maisons was completed
Births
- 26 February â Jean Beausire, architect, engineer and fountain-maker (d. 1743)
- 30 April â Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, priest and educational reformer (d. 1719)
- 27 May â Louis Antoine de Noailles, bishop and cardinal (d. 1729)
- 4 July â Honoratus a Sancta Maria, controversialist (d. 1729).[3][4]
- 6 August â François Fénelon, Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer (d. 1715)[5]
- 1 November â Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, politician (d. 1690)
Full date missing
- Frère Jacques Beaulieu, urologist (d. 1720)
- Magdelaine Chapelain, fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1724)
- Jean-François Lalouette, composer (d. 1728)
- Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, military officer and governor (d. 1705)
- Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé, army commander (d. 1701)
- Guy Tachard, Jesuit missionary and mathematician (d. 1712)
Deaths
- 8 July â Charlotte des Essarts, noblewoman (b. between 1580 and 1588)
- 23 August â Jacques-Philippe Cornut, physician and botanist (b. 1606)
Full date missing
- Angélique Paulet, précieuse, singer and lute-playing musician (b. 1592)
- Catherine Arnauld, religious figure (b. 1590)
- François II de Beauharnais, politician
- Jacqueline de Bueil, noblewoman (b. 1588)
