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thumb|right | The assassination of Henry IV, King of France in 1610. Etching by J. and C. Luyken (bef. 1709).
1610
Events of the year 1610 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch: Henry IV (until 14 May),Henry IV king of France https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-IV-king-of-France Encyclopedia Britannica 9 June 2019 en then Louis XIIILouis XIII king of France https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIII Encyclopedia Britannica 9 June 2019 en
Regent: Marie de' Medici (from 14 May)Armstrong Alastair France, 1500-1715 2003 Heinemann 9780435327514 102 https://books.google.com/books?id=xIX_b_93aVIC&pg=PA102 en
Events
May 13 – Marie de' Medici is crowned Queen of France at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
May 14 – Henry IV, King of France, is fatally stabbed by François Ravaillac during a parade marking the recent coronation of his wife; he is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Louis.Wilson Peter H. Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War 2010 Penguin Books 9780141006147 324 https://books.google.com/books?id=8bgqQcL_yFAC&pg=PT324
May 15 – By the first lit de justice of Louis XIII, his mother Marie de' Medici is proclaimed regent of France.
May 27 – Regicide François Ravaillac is executed by being pulled apart by horses in the Place de Grève, Paris.
October 17 – Louis XIII is crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.
Births
February 2 – Pierre Bourdelot, physician, anatomist, freethinker, abbé and libertine (died 1685)
February 13 – Jean de Labadie, mystic (died 1674)
April 1 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, soldier and writer (died 1703)
By July 10 – Louis Maimbourg, Jesuit historian (died 1686)
October 6 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, soldier (died 1690)
François Eudes de Mézeray, historian (died 1683)
Abraham Duquesne, naval officer (died 1688)
Marie Meurdrac, chemist and alchemist (died 1680)
Deaths
January 1 – François Feuardent, theologian (born 1539)
February 27 – Philippe Canaye, diplomat (born 1551)
May 14 – King Henry IV of France, assassinated (born 1553)
May 27 – François Ravaillac, assassin of Henry IV, executed (born 1578)
References
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