1608 in France
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Events from the year 1608 in France
Incumbents
Events
- Until March – "Great Winter": very severe weather.[2] The Rhône is frozen.
- 1 January – Inauguration in Paris of the Grand Galerie linking the Louvre and Tuileries Palaces.[3]
- 23 January – Treaty of The Hague, a defensive alliance between France and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, negotiated for France by Pierre Jeannin, is signed.[4]
- 25 March: Annunciation: Following a sermon by Franciscan Father Basile, reform of the abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs by abbess Mother Marie Angélique Arnauld is initiated.[5]
- March: Ursulines arrive in Paris.[6]
- 1–16 October: Political assembly of Protestants at Jargeau.[7]
Births
- 18 March – Paul Ragueneau, Jesuit missionary (died 1680)
- 28 March – Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny, Foreign Minister (died 1652)
- 15 April – Honoré Fabri, mathematician (died 1688)
- 24 April – Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV (died 1660)
- 15 May – René Goupil, Jesuit lay missionary (martyred 1642)
- 20 August – Ludovicus a S. Carolo, monk (died 1670)
- 20 September – Jean-Jacques Olier, Catholic priest (died 1657)
- 3 October – Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, noble (died 1657)
- Full date missing – Antoine Le Maistre, lawyer, author and translator (died 1658)
Deaths
- 18 January – Jacques Couet, pastor (born 1546)
- 16 February – Nicolas Rapin, magistrate and satirist (born 1535)
- 27 February – Henri, Duke of Montpensier, noble (born 1573)
- 8 March – René Benoît, religious confessor (born 1521)
- 12 April – Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis, statesman (born c.1535)
- 14 May – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born 1543)[8]
- 28 September – Henri, Duke of Joyeuse, military general (born 1563)
Full date missing
- Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, poet (born 1536)
- Nicolas de Montreux, nobleman, novelist, poet and playwright (born c.1561)
- Petrus Morinus, biblical scholar (born 1531)
See also
References
- ^ "Henry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Easton, Cornelius (1928). Les hivers dans l'Europe occidentale: étude statistique et historique. Brill Archiveur. p. 101 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9782213641065– via Google Books.
- ^ de Raxis de Flassan, Gaëtan (1811). Histoire générale et raisonnée de la diplomatie française. Vol. 2. Paris: Treuttel et Würtz. p. 258 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9782830907261– via Google Books.
- ^ Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aymar (1770). Description historique de la ville de Paris. Vol. 6. Paris: Humare. p. 135 – via Google Books.
- ^ Garnier, Armand (1928). Agrippa d'Aubigné et le parti protestant. Vol. 3. Fischbacher. p. 226 – via Google Books.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Karl III, Hertug af Lothringen". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 13 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
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