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1604 In France
Events from the year 1604 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Henry IV of France, Henry IV Events * Early January: The is opened in La Flèche * June: Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, establishes a settlement on Saint Croix Island, Maine, Saint Croix Island - one of the first attempts by France at colonization in the territory they called Acadia, l'Acadie Births *April 5 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) * May 10 – Jean Mairet, classical dramatist who wrote both tragedies and comedies (d. 1686) * May 17 – Vincent Baron, Dominican theologian writer (d. 1674) * August 4 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, author (d. 1676) * October 22 – Simon Le Moyne, French missionary (d. 1665) Full date missing *May – Louis, Count of Soissons (d. 1641) *Pierre Thierry, organ builder (d. 1665) *Philippe Habert, poet (d. 1637) *Olivier Patru, lawyer and writer (d. 1681) *Charles Beaubrun, painter (d. 1692) Probable * Abraham Bosse, Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
