Today in France History (Part 4)
Sub-Topics: French Polynesia - New Caledonia
Historical Events
Results 301 - 400 of 2,112
1600-08-06 - Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1600-12-17 - Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
1601-01-17 - France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
1608-07-30 - At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
1609-06-17 - Netherlands, England & France sign 12 year Covenant
1610-05-14 - Assassination of Henri IV of France, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1610-05-15 - Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king
1614-10-02 - French king Louis XIII (13) declared an adult
1615-06-02 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1616-05-03 - Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
1616-11-20 - Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
1620-06-03 - Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
1620-08-07 - Battle at Ponts-the-Ce, Poitou: French king Louis XIII beats his mother Marie de Medici
1620-12-23 - French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1621-04-15 - Hugo the Great arrives in France
1621-06-25 - French govt army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle
1622-10-18 - French King Louis XIII & Huguenots sign treaty of Montpellier
1624-06-10 - Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne
1624-08-13 - Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
1625-06-13 - English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette
1626-02-06 - Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
1627-03-20 - France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1627-10-27 - English assault on French Il de Ré
1628-11-01 - French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle
1629-04-14 - England & France sign Peace of Susa
1629-05-03 - French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
1629-06-28 - Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited
1630-03-23 - French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
1630-11-10 - Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France
1631-01-23 - France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald
1631-05-30 - France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau
1632-03-29 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1632-07-23 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1633-03-01 - Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
1634-07-04 - The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France, later to become the Canadian province of Quebec.
1634-08-18 - Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1635-05-19 - France declares war on Spain
1635-06-28 - French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
1635-09-18 - Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France
1637-05-13 - Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1638-09-01 - -4] French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam
1638-12-17 - French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1639-02-07 - Academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language
1639-07-19 - French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan
1641-06-01 - France & Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
1641-07-06 - Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army
1641-12-25 - Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden & France
1642-09-19 - Perpignan surrenders to French troops
1643-05-14 - Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France
1643-05-19 - Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
1643-11-24 - Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
1644-09-17 - French troops occupy Mainz
1645-08-03 - Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
1647-03-14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1647-09-01 - French cardinal Mazarin & duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan
1648-06-30 - French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together
1648-08-20 - Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
1648-11-11 - Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands
1649-03-11 - The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
1650-01-18 - French Prince Louis II of Condé captured
1650-04-30 - French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
1651-11-07 - King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age
1652-05-04 - Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels
1653-02-07 - Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France
1654-06-07 - Louis XIV crowned King of France
1654-08-05 - French troops occupy Stenay
1654-11-23 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life.
1655-11-03 - England & France sign miltary & economic treaties
1656-09-15 - England & France sign peace treaty
1657-03-23 - France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
1657-10-03 - French troops occupy Mardyke
1658-05-24 - Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
1658-06-03 - Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1658-06-14 - Battle at Dunes: English & French fleet beat Spanish
1658-06-24 - French fleet recaptures Duinkerk
1658-06-25 - Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French & British
1658-08-15 - France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond
1659-05-22 - France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
1659-05-31 - Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague
1659-11-07 - Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV
1659-11-17 - Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1660-12-31 - James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
1661-03-10 - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
1661-09-05 - French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
1662-04-27 - Netherlands & France sign military covenant
1662-10-26 - Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France
1662-10-27 - England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres
1663-07-26 - France annexes Venaissin
1664-04-06 - France & Saksen sign alliance
1664-05-07 - Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles.
1665-08-02 - French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers
1666-01-26 - France declares war on England & Munster
1666-10-25 - Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Neth form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
1667-03-31 - France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord
1667-05-24 - French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
1667-06-25 - Dr Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion
1668-01-23 - England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1668-05-02 - 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
1668-09-16 - King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France
1668-09-19 - Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France
Famous Birthdays
Results 301 - 400 of 2,645
1659-07-20 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
1659-07-28 - Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
1661-01-30 - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
1661-03-25 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
1661-04-11 - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
1661-05-25 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
1661-10-11 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
1661-11-01 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
1663-02-25 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
1663-06-24 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
1663-07-20 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver
1663-08-31 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist
1663-10-16 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)
1664-04-30 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
1665-01-12 - Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
1665-04-19 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
1665-08-21 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
1666-09-16 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
1667-05-26 - Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1668-05-08 - Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
1668-11-10 - Francois Couperin, Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux)
1668-11-27 - Henri F d'Aguesseau, chancellor of France (1717..50)
1669-05-26 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1670-08-21 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
1671-01-11 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
1671-04-06 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
1671-07-14 - Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
1672-01-18 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
1672-02-13 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731)
1672-02-26 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
1673-01-31 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)
1674-01-15 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
1674-08-02 - Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
1675-01-16 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
1675-02-28 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1675-07-14 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (d. 1747)
1676-12-19 - Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist
1677-02-18 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1677-04-25 - Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly)
1678-03-03 - Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
1678-03-15 - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop
1678-09-29 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
1678-11-26 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
1679-01-27 - Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter
1679-08-22 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1679-11-11 - Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scientist
1680-04-09 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754)
1681-11-17 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
1681-11-28 - Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
1682-08-16 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712)
1682-10-29 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1683-02-19 - Philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1683-02-28 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1683-03-13 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)
1683-06-23 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
1683-09-25 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized)
1683-12-19 - Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1684-01-14 - Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter
1684-03-19 - Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
1684-10-10 - Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)
1685-02-08 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
1685-03-17 - Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
1685-11-17 - Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)
1685-12-06 - Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712)
1686-02-26 - Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat
1686-07-06 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
1687-03-07 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (d. 1760)
1688-02-04 - Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne)
1688-04-04 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1688-11-15 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
1689-01-18 - Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
1689-07-09 - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
1689-12-24 - French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian
1690-01-22 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
1690-11-17 - Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1691-05-17 - Antoine Court, French reformed theologist
1692-02-14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
1692-04-05 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1692-08-18 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
1692-10-31 - Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)
1692-11-06 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
1694-06-04 - Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV
1694-07-04 - Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)
1694-07-11 - Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer
1694-11-21 - Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)
1695-02-02 - François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
1695-05-03 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
1696-03-13 - Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal
1696-03-27 - Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)
1697-04-01 - Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
1697-07-11 - Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer
1698-02-16 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
1698-09-28 - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
1698-10-23 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)
1698-11-22 - Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
1699-01-09 - Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
1699-11-02 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
1700-01-29 - Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
1700-02-07 - Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
1700-10-10 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)
Famous Deaths
Results 301 - 400 of 2,121
1607-09-05 - Pomponne de Bellièvre, chancellor of France (b. 1529)
1609-01-21 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
1610-05-14 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
1610-05-14 - Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1610-05-27 - François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
1611-06-08 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
1611-10-03 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
1612-07-29 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1614-07-01 - Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)
1614-07-15 - Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. c.1540)
1615-05-27 - Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1615-09-01 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (b. 1529)
1615-12-02 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
1617-04-24 - Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1618-12-06 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
1619-07-02 - Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies
1619-12-29 - Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1620-11-13 - Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65
1621-06-08 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
1621-07-10 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)
1621-08-03 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
1621-10-08 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist
1621-12-15 - Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43
1622-12-28 - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55
1623-11-11 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
1625-06-01 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
1626-09-21 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
1628-10-16 - François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
1629-10-02 - Pierre the Barulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies
1630-04-29 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552)
1632-08-20 - Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38
1632-10-30 - Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded
1632-12-20 - Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
1634-08-18 - Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
1635-03-24 - Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42
1635-12-25 - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)
1636-01-26 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
1637-06-24 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
1637-09-14 - Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies
1638-02-28 - Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1638-02-28 - Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
1638-12-18 - Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies
1640-05-30 - Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies
1640-12-09 - Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
1640-12-30 - John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
1641-01-11 - Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies
1642-07-03 - Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69
1642-09-12 - Cinq Mars, French plotter, executed
1642-09-29 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
1642-11-01 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
1643-05-14 - Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41
1643-11-17 - Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602)
1644-10-06 - Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies
1646-10-12 - Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies
1646-10-18 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)
1646-12-23 - François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)
1648-05-26 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)
1648-07-04 - Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
1648-09-01 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59
1649-03-16 - St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
1649-03-17 - Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1610)
1649-06-30 - Simon Vouet, French painter
1649-12-07 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)
1649-12-08 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)
1651-10-07 - Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)
1651-12-14 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)
1652-07-30 - Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
1653-07-10 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
1653-09-03 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
1654-02-18 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
1654-12-05 - Jean François Sarrazin, French writer
1655-04-06 - David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
1655-04-30 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1655-07-28 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris
1655-07-28 - Savinien Cyrano seigneur de Bergerac, French author, dies at 36
1655-09-07 - Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown)
1655-10-24 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63
1656-01-03 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
1656-07-02 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
1656-11-06 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)
1657-04-02 - Jean-Jacques Olier - French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
1658-11-04 - Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
1658-12-26 - Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
1659-01-16 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
1659-02-17 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
1659-10-08 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
1660-02-02 - Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
1660-10-07 - Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
1660-11-05 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1660-12-01 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592)
1660-12-03 - Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1661-03-08 - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
1661-03-09 - Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
1661-08-06 - Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies
1661-10-04 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
1661-12-29 - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1662-03-30 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
1662-08-19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
1664-01-18 - Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies
1664-01-18 - Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
