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Events from the year 1646 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Louis XIVBBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml BBC 9 June 2022
Regent: Anne of AustriaAnne of Austria, Queen and Regent of France https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG17405 britishmuseum.org 9 June 2022
Events
thumb|182x182px|Map of Fort Mardijck. The attacks on the city of 1646 are depicted.
March – Nicolas de Neufville is made governor of the young Louis XIV by the queen-mother
14 June – The Battle of Orbetello of the Franco-Spanish War takes place, resulting in a Spanish victory
4 July – Pierre Teuleron, sieur de Repentigny, granted Jules Trottier II land in La Rochelle to build and develop New France, under the authorization of Jacques Le Neuf de la Poterie.
4 August – Louis, le Grand Condé takes Mardyck in the Siege of Dunkirk
10 August – The French and Swedish armies unite in Wetzlar for the Bavarian campaign
29 August – Declaration du Roy is published by King Louis XIV
7 September – Louis, le Grand Condé takes Veurne in the Siege of Dunkirk
23 September – Le Cardinal arrives in Quebec (New France) with Jules Trottier II and his family
10 October – France takes Dunkirk from the Spanish Netherlands for the first time.
20 October – Nicolas de Neufville is promoted to marshal of France
Undated
Amsterdam artists Lambert Doomer (1624–1700) and Willem Schellinks (1627–1678) journey from Nantes to Paris. Doomer extensively documented what they saw in his publication, Tour de France 1646.Tour de France 1646: op reis langs de Loire met Lambert Doomer https://www.codart.nl/guide/agenda/tour-de-france-1646-op-reis-langs-de-loire-met-lambert-doomer/ 2026-08-09 CODART en-US
thumb|207x207px|Cover page of Coustumes generales du Pays
Works
Books
Coustumes generales du Pays by Bertrand d'Argentré (1519–1590) is published by Nicolas Buon
Declaration du Roy is published by King Louis XIV
La doctrine des moeurs (English: The Doctrine of Morals) by Marin le Roy de Gomberville
Règlement de la Communauté by Saint Nicolas of Liancourt
Les oeuvres de Me Guy Coquille, sr de Romenay is published by Maître A. Loysel and Anthoine de Cay in Paris
L’Art de régner ou le Sage gouverneur by Gillet de La Tessonerie
Question celebre. S'il est nécessaire, ou non, que les filles soient sçavantes by Anna Maria van Schurmanthumb|188x188px|Port de mer, effet de brume, Claude Lorrain, 1646
Buildings
Construction begins on the Church of Saint-Sulpice, founded by parish priest Jean-Jacques Olier
The Hôtel de Sourdéac is built in Paris
The Hôtel Thuriot de la Rosière is built in Paris
Église Saint-Martin de Vern-sur-Seiche is built in Ille-et-Vilaine
Chapelle Sainte-Anne de La Grasserie is built in Ille-et-Vilaine
Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite is built in Locoal-Mendon, canton of Belz
The temple of Le Collet-de-Dèze is built
The Église Notre-Dame is built in Chambérythumb|168x168px|Quiberet fountain in Annecy, built 1646
Paintings
Port de mer, effet de brume by Claude Lorrain
Le couronnement de Sainte-Cécile by Fournier
Un miracle du frère Francisco by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Mariage de l'Électeur de Brandebourg by Johannes Mytens
Saint Bruno révèle en songe au comte Roger une conspiration contre ui by Eustache Le Sueur
Uranie by Eustache Le Sueur
Énée et ses compagnons combattant les Harpies by François Perrier
Solomon making a sacrifice to the idols by Sébastien Bourdon
Anne of Austria with her children by the workshop of Philippe de Champaigne
thumb|170x170px|1646 stained glass installation of the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Sens
Other
Germain Pillon finishes work on the organ of Mitry-Mory Saint-Martin
The Quiberet fountain is built in Annecy
The transept stained glass windows of Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Sens are installed
Births
17 February – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, lawmaker (died 1714)Boisguillebert, Pierre Le Pesant Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 3 1915 2 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen da https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/3/0646.html 29 August 2015
10 October – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, aristocrat (died 1705)
Nicolas de Fer, cartographer (died 1720)Browse All : Images by Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720 of France https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/verify?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidrumsey.com%2Fluna%2Fservlet%2Fview%2Fall%2Fwho%2FFer%2C%2BNicolas%2Bde%2C%2B1646-1720%2Fwhere%2FFrance%3Fsort%3DPub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%26os%3D100%26pgs%3D50%26cic%3DRUMSEY%7E8%7E1&helpUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdocumentation.lunaimaging.com%2Fdisplay%2FV75D%2FBrowsing%2Band%2BViewing%2BMedia%23BrowsingandViewingMedia-BrowsingandViewingMedia&showTip=false&showTipAdvancedSearch=false&advancedSearchUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdocumentation.lunaimaging.com%2Fdisplay%2FV75D%2FSearching%23Searching-Searching 2026-08-09 davidrumsey.com
Deaths
12 May – Énemond Massé, Jesuit missionary (born 1575)
14 June – Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, admiral (born 1619)
22 June – Daniel Dumonstier, artist (born 1574)
27 June – Achille d'Étampes de Valençay, military leader and Catholic Cardinal (born 1593)
22 September – Jean François Niceron, mathematician (born 1613)
23 December – François Maynard, poet (born 1582)
26 December – Henri II, Prince of Condé, French prince (born 1588)
Gallery
See also
France History Lists
References
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