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1655
Events from the year 1655 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Louis XIVBBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 9 June 2022
Events
The French army under Turenne took Landrecies after a siege in 14 July, and the towns of Condé and Saint-Ghislain, on 18 and 25 August.
Births
14 February – Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, churchman (died 1707)
30 September – Charles III, Prince of Guéméné, nobleman (died 1727)
4 October – Lothar Franz von Schönborn, archbishop (died 1729)
Deaths
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27 February – Henri Chabot, nobleman (born 1616)
6 April – David Blondel, clergyman, historian and classical scholar (born 1591)
28 July – Cyrano de Bergerac, novelist and playwright, (born 1619)Israel, Johnathan Irvine (1997). Conflicts of Empires: Spain, the Low Countries and the struggle for World Supremacy 1585-1713. Hambledon. 9781852851613.
7 September – François Tristan l'Hermite, dramatist (born c.1601)
24 October – Pierre Gassendi, philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born 1592)
See also
France History Lists
References
1655
Category:1650s in France
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