1608 in France

none 1608 Events from the year 1608 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Henry IVHenry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/197779 www.metmuseum.org 7 June 2022 Events Until March – "Great Winter": very severe weather.Cornelius Easton Les hivers dans l'Europe occidentale: étude statistique et historique Brill Archiveur 1928 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=-T8VAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA101 101 The Rhône is frozen. 1 January – Inauguration in Paris of the Grand Galerie linking the Louvre and Tuileries Palaces.Erik Orsenna Portrait d'un homme heureux: André Le Nôtre 1613–1700 Fayard Paris 2000 9782213641065 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=r5VUEXi8MFkC&pg=PAPT14 PT14 23 January – Treaty of The Hague, a defensive alliance between France and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, negotiated for France by Pierre Jeannin, is signed.Gaëtan de Raxis de Flassan Histoire générale et raisonnée de la diplomatie française 2 Treuttel et Würtz Paris 1811 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=Vc8TAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA258 258 25 March: Annunciation: Following a sermon by Franciscan Father Basile, reform of the abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs by abbess Mother Marie Angélique Arnauld is initiated.Jean Mesnard Chroniques de Port-Royal 40 Bibliotheque Mazarine 1991 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=L_UhAQAAIAAJ&q=1608&pg=PA123 123 9782830907261 March: Ursulines arrive in Paris.Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force Description historique de la ville de Paris 6 Humare Paris 1770 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=Nlhm2SgHXasC&pg=PA135 135 1–16 October: Political assembly of Protestants at Jargeau.Armand Garnier Agrippa d'Aubigné et le parti protestant 3 Fischbacher 1928 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=VRonAAAAMAAJ&q=16+octobre&pg=PA226 226 Births 18 March – Paul Ragueneau, Jesuit missionary (died 1680) 28 March – Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny, Foreign Minister (died 1652) 15 April – Honoré Fabri, mathematician (died 1688) 24 April – Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV (died 1660) 15 May – René Goupil, Jesuit lay missionary (martyred 1642) 20 August – Ludovicus a S. Carolo, monk (died 1670) 20 September – Jean-Jacques Olier, Catholic priest (died 1657) 3 October – Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, noble (died 1657) Full date missing – Antoine Le Maistre, lawyer, author and translator (died 1658) Deaths thumb|right|150 px|Charles III, Duke of Lorraine 18 January – Jacques Couet, pastor (born 1546) 16 February – Nicolas Rapin, magistrate and satirist (born 1535) 27 February – Henri, Duke of Montpensier, noble (born 1573) 8 March – René Benoît, religious confessor (born 1521) 12 April – Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis, statesman (born c.1535) 14 May – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born 1543)Karl III, Hertug af Lothringen Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 13 1915 2 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen da https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/13/0620.html 2015-10-02 28 September – Henri, Duke of Joyeuse, military general (born 1563) Full date missing Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, poet (born 1536) Nicolas de Montreux, nobleman, novelist, poet and playwright (born c.1561) Petrus Morinus, biblical scholar (born 1531) See also France History Lists References 1608 Category:1600s in France France