1621 in France

none 1621 Events from the year 1621 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 April 26 – Treaty of Madrid signed by courtier François de Bassompierre: Valtelline restored to the Grisons and Spain allowed to reoccupy Chiavenna. May – Huguenot rebellions: Capture of Saumur by Louis XIII. May 30 – June 24 – Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély – Royal victory. June – Huguenot rebellions: Blockade of La Rochelle begins. August – Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Montauban – Louis XIII besieges the Huguenot city of Montauban but is forced to abandon his siege two months later. Benedictine Congregation of Saint Maur established. Births July 8 – Jean de La Fontaine, fabulist (died 1695) August 13 – Israel Silvestre, topographical etcher (died 1691) September 8 – Louis, Grand Condé, general (died 1686) October 3 – Claude Maltret, Jesuit (died 1674) October 16 – Pierre Paul Puget, painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (died 1694) October 21 – Nicholas Barré, French Minim friar, priest and founder (died 1686) Françoise Bertaut de Motteville, memoirist (died 1689) Jacques Courtois, painter (died 1676) Deaths June 2 – Dorothea of Lorraine (born 1545) June 8 – Anne de Xainctonge, religious (born 1567) August 3 – Guillaume du Vair, author and lawyer (born 1556) September 20 – Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, noble (born 1578) c. October 8 – Antoine de Montchrestien, dramatist, economist and adventurer (born c.1575) October 21 – Paul Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain, French politician (born 1569) December 15 – Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Constable of France (born 1578) Louis de Caullery, painter (born 1555) François Pithou, author and lawyer (born 1543) See also France History Lists References 1621 Category:1620s in France France