1639 in France

none 1639 Events from the year 1639 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Louis XIIISturdy David Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship 14 March 2017 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-350-31732-1 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=W_VGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 en Events January–June January 7 – Croquant rebellions in Gascony: Having freed prisoners in Mirande on January 4, rebels of Pardiac ransack the area when the townspeople refuse them the passage of their bridge to march on Auch.Yves-Marie Bercé Histoire des Croquants Le Seuil 9782021346138 February 12 – Polish prince John II Casimir Vasa, future king of Poland, accused of plotting with Spain against France, is imprisoned, by order of Cardinal Richelieu, in the dungeon of the citadel of Sisteron.Édouard de Laplane Histoire de Sisteron 2 Veuve A. Guichard Digne 1843 239 February 14 – Writers Jacques Esprit François de La Mothe Le Vayer are elected to the Académie française.François de La Mothe-Le-Vayer Académie française 2020-06-20 http://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/francois-de-la-mothe-le-vayer February 17 – Ballet de cour staged at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on the theme of the happy birth last year of the Dauphin.Pierre François Godard de Beauchamps Recherches sur les théâtres de France 1 Prault 1735 53 February 18 – Naval action of 18 February 1639 off Dunkirk (at this time part of the Spanish Netherlands). Although the Spanish squadron is obliged to put back into port, the Dutch are forced to call off their blockade. March 24 – The Dutch Republic renews its alliance with France.Frédéric Léonard Catalogue chronologique de tous les Traitéz 1692 36 April – Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin, apostolic nuncio to Paris and adviser to Cardinal Richelieu, is naturalized French by letters patent; in December, he leaves the service of Rome to enter that of Louis XIII.Lucien Bély L'art de la paix en Europe: naissance de la diplomatie moderne, XVIe-XVIIIe siècle Presses Universitaires de France 2015 9782130738961 thumb|Relief of Thionville depicted by Peter Snayers June 6–7 – Relief of Thionville: The Spanish under Ottavio Piccolomini secure a decisive victory over the French led by Isaac Manasses de Pas, Marquis de Feuquieres, who is mortally wounded (dying in 1640), at Thionville.Émile Charvériat Histoire de la guerre de trente ans, 1618–1648: Période suédoise et période française, 1630–1648 2 E. Plon et cie 1878 June 18 – The Conseil delivers a judgment intended to remedy non-payment of dues for the daily transport of wine in the Paris suburbs.Conférences de l'ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre, sur le fait des entrées, aydes et autres droits, pour le ressort de la cour des Aydes de Paris Pepie 1703 24 Unrest breaks out in support of the wine-carriers.Roger Dion Histoire de la vigne et du vin en France – des origines au XIXe siècle Flammarion 1977 June 29 – Charles de La Porte takes Hesdin in the king’s presence. June–October – Dry summer in the Loire Valley and in Brittany. July–December July 16 Charles de Poupinel, lieutenant particulier of the bailiwick of Coutances, is assassinated at Avranches.Jean-Christian Petitfils Les Rois de France: Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI EDI8 2014 9782262050412 Revolt of the va-nu-pieds begins in Normandy against the gabelle, suppressed by Michel Le Tellier, Pierre Séguier and Omer Talon (continues into 1640). July 19 – First Siege of Salses ends after 40 days when Henri, Prince of Condé, takes Salses from the Spanish, giving access to the province of Roussillon.Annie Molinié-Bertrand Alexandra Merle L'Espagne et ses guerres: de la fin de la reconquête aux guerres d'indépendance 2004 Presses Paris Sorbonne 9782840503293 120 August Antoine Le Maistre, leader of the ascetic Solitaires of Port-Royal, returns to the abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs.Laurence Plazenet Port-Royal Flammarion 9782081292147 Having set sail on May 4 from Dieppe, establishment of the Ursulines of Quebec and the École des Ursulines, Quebec in New France is begun by the French Ursuline nun Marie of the Incarnation and laywoman Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie. August 13–26 – Urban anti-tax riots at Rouen (August 20–21), Bayeux (August 25) and Caen (August 13–14 and 26–27). September 12 – Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Jansenist Abbé of Saint-Cyran, publishes Théologie familière, ou Instruction de ce que le Chrétien doit croire et faire en cette vie pour être sauvé in Paris.Henri Gouhier Pascal et les humanistes chrétiens – l'affaire Saint-Ange Vrin 1974 9782711603251 121 September 15 – Imprisoned Polish prince John Casimir Vasa is transferred from Sisteron to the dungeon of the Château de Vincennes.Pierre Jean Baptiste Nougaret Histoire du donjon et du château de Vincennes, depuis leur origine jusqu'à l'époque de la Révolution 2 Brunot-Labbe 1807 98 September 19 – Start of the second Siege of Salses, by the Spanish (ends 6 January 1640). September 20 – Early harvest in Dijon.Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Histoire humaine et comparée du climat: Canicules et glaciers (XIIIe-XVIIIe siècles) 1 Fayard 2004 9782213640174 1633 September 27 – Cardinal Richelieu has an equestrian statue of Louis XIII (sculpted by Pierre Biard le jeune with the horse by Daniele da Volterra) erected in the Place royale in Paris.Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle 9 L. Curmer 1841 257 October 18 – Appearance of maize ("Spanish millet") in the market at Toulouse. It is available between 1644 and 1655.Michel Peronnet etal Le XVIIe siècle 1620–1740 De la Contre-réforme aux Lumières Hachette Éducation Technique 2005 9782011814340 October – An epidemic of dysentery breaks out, following the drought in Anjou. November – Jesuit settlement of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in New France established by Fathers Jérôme Lalemant and Jean de Brébeuf. November 30 – Revolt of the va-nu-pieds is suppressed before Avranches by royal troops directed by Jean de Gassion.Jean-Pierre Poussou La Terre et les Paysans en France et en Grande-Bretagne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles Éditions Sedes 1999 9782301001658 58 Before December 22 – Georges de La Tour becomes painter in ordinary to the king.Paulette Choné Georges de La Tour: un peintre lorrain au XVIIe siècle Renaissance Du Livre 1996 9782804600372 84 December 22 – Birth at La Ferté-Milon of dramatist Jean Racine. Undated Cardinal Richelieu suspends the États provinciaux of Provence after they refuse to register fiscal edicts. They are replaced by an Assemblée des communautés which brings together only representatives of the Third Estate. French nobleman Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière obtains the seigneurial title to the island of Montreal in New France in the name of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal to establish a Roman Catholic mission to evangelize indigenous peoples. Blaise Pascal's family move to Rouen. Establishment of the Hugel & Fils and Maison Trimbach wineries in Riquewihr, Alsace. Births thumb|right|120px|Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse January 3 – Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Huguenot noblewoman and royal matriarch (died 1722) January 19 – Noël Alexandre, theologian and ecclesiastical historian (died 1724) February 17 – Claude Estiennot de la Serre, Benedictine historian (died 1699) April 29 – François Nepveu, Jesuit writer on ascetical subjects (died 1708) September 7 – David Martin, Protestant theologian (died 1721) October 17 – Charles-Claude Genest, poet, dramatist and clergyman (died 1719) December 22 – Jean Racine, dramatist (died 1699) Undated Claude Audran the Younger, painter (died 1684) Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, niece of Richelieu, princess consort of Monaco and a mistress of Louis XIV (died 1678) César Vichard de Saint-Réal, writer (died 1692) Approximate date Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, poet and wit (died 1720) Louis de Chastillon, painter in enamel and miniature and engraver (died 1734) Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, soldier and explorer of North America (died 1710) Marie Vigoreaux, fortune-teller and poisoner (killed 1679) Deaths July 4 – Étienne Binet, Jesuit author (born 1569) September 28 – Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Cardinal and lieutenant general in the French Army (born 1593) Undated – Madeleine du Fargis, courtier See also France History Lists References 1639 Category:1630s in France France