1657 in France
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Events from the year 1657 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- March â The Treaty of Paris allied the English Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell with King Louis XIV of France against King Philip IV of Spain.
- The 54th Infantry Regiment was formed.
Births
- 11 February â Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, writer (d. 1757)[2]
- 25 May â Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy, bishop and cardinal (d. 1737)
- 16 June â Louis Ellies Dupin, ecclesiastical historian (d. 1719)[3]
- 24 July â Jean Mathieu de Chazelles, hydrographer (d. 1710)
- 7 August â Henri Basnage de Beauval, Huguenot historian, lexicographer and journal editor (d. 1710)
- 9 August â Pierre-Ãtienne Monnot, sculptor (d. 1733)
- 15 December â Michel Richard Delalande, composer and organist (d. 1726)
Full date unknown
- Jean-François de Chamillart, churchman (d. 1714)
- Anne Ferrand, writer (d. 1740)
- Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, fur trader and explorer (d. 1704)
- Jean-Baptiste Nolin, cartographer and engraver (d. 1708)
- Jacques Savary des Brûlons, lexicographer (d. 1716)
- Sébastien Truchet, Dominican priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1729)[4]
Deaths
- 19 February â Jean Riolan the Younger, anatomist (b. 1577 or 1580)
- 24 March â Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, count and marshal (b. 1605)[5]
- 24 December â Philippe Le Sueur de Petiville, poet (b. 1607)
Full date unknown
- Pompone de Bellièvre, magistrate, ambassador and statesman (b. 1606)
- Françoise de Lansac, courtier (b. 1582)
