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1647 In France
Events from the year 1647 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIV *Regent: Anne of Austria Events * 14 March – Thirty Years' War: France, Bavaria, Cologne, and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. Births * 18 February – Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry, Benedictine scholar (d. 1724) * 12 March – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, general (d. 1727) * 22 August – Denis Papin, inventor (d. 1713 in Great Britain) * 18 November – Pierre Bayle, philosopher (d. 1706) * 30 December – Jean Martianay, Benedictine scholar (d. 1717) Deaths * 14 January – François L’Anglois, painter, engraver, printer, bookseller, publisher, and art dealer (b. 1589) * 1 December – Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette, astronomer (b. 1564 Year 1564 ( MDLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 26 – Livonian War – Battle of Ula: A Lithuanian surprise ...
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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), ...
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Denis Papin
Denis Papin FRS (; 22 August 1647 – 26 August 1713) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker and of the steam engine. Early life and education Born in Chitenay ( Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire Région), Papin attended a Jesuit school there. In 1661, he attended the University of Angers, from which he graduated with a medical degree in 1669. Career In 1673, Papin worked with Christiaan Huygens and Gottfried Leibniz in Paris, and became interested in using a vacuum to generate motive power. In 1675, he first visited London, where he worked with Robert Boyle from 1676 to 1679, publishing an account of his work in ''Continuation of New Experiments'' (1680). During this period, Papin invented the ''steam digester,'' a type of pressure cooker with a safety valve. He first addressed the Royal Society in 1679 on the subject of his digester, and remained mostly in Lond ...
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Joseph Gaultier De La Vallette
Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette (24 November 1564, in Rians – 1 December 1647, in Aix-en-Provence) was a 17th-century French astronomer. He was a contemporary and friend of Galileo and Peiresc. With Peiresc he observed the moons of Jupiter in November 1610 and earlier that year he had been the second person after Peires to see the Orion Nebula The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the nig .... Bibliography * Mario Biagioli''Galileo's Instruments of Credit'' 2006 * Mario BiagioliReplication or Monopoly? : The Economies of Invention and Discovery in Galileo's Observations of 1610*Jürgen Renn''Galileo in context'' 2002 Sources * Pierre Humbert, "Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette, astronome provencal (1564-1647)." ''Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications'' I (1948) 3 ...
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1 December
Events Pre-1600 * 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. *1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. * 1577 – Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1601–1900 * 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. *1662 – Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine. *1768 – The former slave ship ''Fredensborg'' sinks off Tromøya in Norway. *1821 – José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti. *1822 – Pedro I is crowned Empe ...
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1589 In France
Events from the year 1589 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Henry III (until August 2), then Henry IV Events *1 August – Henry III was stabbed with a knife, and died the next day. Henry IV of France's succession was followed by a four-year long war. *15 to 16 September – Battle of Arques Births *28 May – Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, Conseiller d'Etat (died 1674) Full date missing *Jérôme Bignon, lawyer (died 1656) *Jean Sirmond, poet (died 1649) Deaths *5 January – Catherine de' Medici, Italian noblewoman and Queen of France (born 1519 in Italy) *1 August – Jacques Clément, conspirator and the killer of king Henry III *2 August – Henry III of France, king (born 1551) *19 September – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, poet (born 1532) * Charles Dançay, French diplomat (born 1510 Year 1510 ( MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * J ...
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François L’Anglois
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people *François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * Fr ...
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14 January
Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut. *1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas. * 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. *1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania. * 1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris. *1900 – Giacomo Puccini's ''Tosca'' opens in Rome. 1901–present *1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people. *1911 – Roal ...
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1717 In France
Events from the year 1717 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XV *Regent: Philip II of Orleans Events *4 January (24 December 1716 OS) – Triple Alliance treaty between France, the Dutch Republic and Great Britain against Spain Arts and culture *27 March – Actress Adrienne Lecouvreur is invited to join the Comédie-Française in Paris, performing first in the title rôle of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon's ''Electre'' *16 May – Voltaire is sentenced to eleven months in the Bastille and banished from Paris for criticizing the Duc D'Orléans; while in prison he writes his first play, ''Oedipe'' ("Oedipus") *The last two volumes of Antoine Galland's ''Les mille et une nuits'' are published posthumously in Lyon of the first translation of ''One Thousand and One Nights'' into a European language, including the first translation of the story of Ali Baba Births *18 January – Jean-François-Marie de Surville, trader and navigator (died 1770) *8 May &nd ...
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Jean Martianay
Jean Martianay (30 December 1647 – 16 June 1717) was a French Benedictine scholar of the Congregation of St. Maur. He is known for his edition of St. Jerome. Life Martianay was born at Saint-Sever-Cap in the Diocese of Aire. He entered the Benedictines at an early age, and devoted himself to Biblical studies, Greek and Hebrew. A circular letter of Martianay's is still extant, in which he begs the co-operation of Benedictine abbeys in the work of producing a critical and complete edition of Jerome's writings. He spent over thirty years in searching the libraries of France for information. Works Ziegelbauer says (op. cit. below, II, 58) that Martianay completed alone the edition of Jerome's works. The "Divina Bibliotheca" - the Hieronymian edition of the Vulgate - was in fact executed with the collaboration of Dom Antoine Pouget. Martianay's fame as editor of Jerome has somewhat eclipsed his wider repute as a Biblical scholar. He undertook the work on Jerome to meets th ...
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30 December
Events Pre-1600 *534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. *999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland. *1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. *1419 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle. *1460 – Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield. 1601–1900 *1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine. *1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York. *1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian t ...
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