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1664 In France
Events from the year 1664 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV Events *Compagnie de l'Occident established *Kronenbourg Brewery established in Strasbourg Births *5 April – Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, noblewoman (died 1748) *22 May – François Blouet de Camilly, clergyman (died 1723) *16 July – Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois, prince (died 1666) *31 August – Paul Lucas, merchant, naturalist, physician and antiquarian (died 1737) Deaths *8 January – Moses Amyraut, Protestant theologian and metaphysician (born 1596) *17 November – Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, translator (born 1606) Full date of death missing *Michel Corneille the Elder, painter (born c.1601) *Charles Racquet, organist and composer (born 1597) *Antoine Singlin, Jansenist Catholic priest (born 1607) * David Derodon, Calvinist theologian and philosopher (born c.1600) See also *Kronenbourg 1664 Kronenbourg 1664 is a golden pale lager with an alcohol percenta ... [...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] |
Moses Amyraut
Moïse Amyraut, Latin Moyses Amyraldus (September 1596 – 8 January 1664), in English texts often Moses Amyraut, was a French Huguenot, Reformed theologian and metaphysician. He was the architect of Amyraldism, a Calvinist doctrine that made modifications to Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Christ's atonement and covenant theology. Life Amyraut was born at Bourgueil, in the valley of the Changeon in the province of Anjou. His father was a lawyer, and, preparing Moses for the same profession, sent him, on the completion of his study of the humanities at Orléans, to the university of Poitiers. At the university he took the degree of licentiate (BA) of laws. On his way home from the university he passed through Saumur, and, having visited the pastor of the Protestant church there, was introduced by him to Philippe de Mornay, governor of the city. Struck with young Amyraut's ability and culture, they both urged him to change from law to theology. His father advised him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Derodon
David de Rodon or plain Derodon (c. 1600 – 1664), was a French Calvinist theologian and philosopher. Derodon was born at Die, in the Dauphiné. He had the reputation of being one of the most eminent logicians of his time. His knowledge of philosophy was both extensive and profound. He taught philosophy at Orange, at Nismes, and at Geneva. He inclined to the doctrines of Gassendi rather than to those of the Cartesian philosophy. He had frequent discussions with the followers of Descartes. He kept up a close correspondence with many learned men of his time, particularly with Galileo Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ... and Descartes. We find from his writings, that he admitted the truth of Aristotle's general principles, and made them the foundation of his public lec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Singlin
Anthoine Singlin (1607–1664) was a French Jansenism, Jansenist Catholic priest, best known as a member of the Jansenist community at Port-Royal-des-Champs and as head of the Petites écoles de Port-Royal (set up by his friend Jean du Vergier de Hauranne). Anthoine Singlin began his priestly career beside Vincent de Paul, at the hospice de la Pitié in Paris. He was then a devoted disciple of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, abbot of Saint-Cyran and spiritual director of the monastery of Port-Royal-des-Champs, Port-Royal. When he was imprisoned in the Bastille on the orders of cardinal Richelieu (from 1638 to 1643), he declared Anthoine Singlin's spiritual training complete and made him his intermediary between prison and the nuns and Solitaires of Port-Royal, Solitaires at the monastery. When Jean du Vergier de Hauranne died in 1643, some months after leaving prison, Anthoine Singlin accepted the post of almoner and spiritual director of the community, despite his own wishes to live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Racquet
Charles Racquet (1597–1664) was a French organist and composer, best known for his monumental organ ''Fantaisie''. He came from a large family of Parisian organists and himself was appointed organist of Notre Dame de Paris at an early age, in 1618. He held the post until shortly before his death and was succeeded by another member of the Racquet family. He also served as musician to Marie de' Medici (a post that his father Balthazar occupied earlier)Higginbottom, Grove. and to Anne d'Autriche, the Queen Mother.Oleksiuk 2019, 107. Racquet was very highly regarded by his contemporaries: his pupils included the famous lutenist Denis Gaultier (who wrote a tombeau on his teacher's death), Jesuit scholar Marin Mersenne was a close friend of his. In the 18th century writer Jean-Benjamin La Borde named Racquet "the best organist of his time." Of Racquet's music only a single organ ''Fantaisie'' and ''Douze versets de psaume en duo sur les douze modes'' (12 duos on psalm verses) su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Corneille The Elder
Michel Corneille the Elder (c. 1601 – 1664) was a French painter, etcher, and engraver. Life Corneille was born in Orléans. He was one of many who studied with the celebrated master Simon Vouet, who strongly influenced French painting of the early 17th century. In 1648, Corneille was one of the founders of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and was elected as one of the original twelve elders in charge of its running. Ed. , Paris 1853, vol. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Perrot D'Ablancourt
Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt (5 April 1606, Châlons-en-Champagne – 17 November 1664, Paris) was a French translator of the Greek and Latin classics into French and a member of the Académie française. Biography Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt was born into a Protestant family; his father Paul Perrot (de la Salle) converted during his studies at Oxford, and his mother, Anne des Forges, was the daughter of a Protestant. Perrot d’Ablancourt himself renounced his religious beliefs at one stage, but later changed his mind. After reading law at the Huguenot Academy of Sedan, he later travelled to Leiden in the Netherlands and then to England. Upon returning to France, he established links with contemporary intellectuals, and in 1637 he was elected a member of the Académie française. Between 1637 and 1662, he published numerous translations of classical Greek and Latin texts; including the works of Julius Caesar, Cicero, Frontinus, Homer, Plutarch, Tacitus, Thucydides and Xeno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'' is a Danish encyclopedia that has been published in several editions. The first edition, ''Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon'' was published in nineteen volumes 1893–1911 by Brødrene Salmonsens Forlag, and named after the publisher Isaac Salmonsen. The second edition, ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'', was published in 26 volumes 1915–1930, under the editorship of Christian Blangstrup (volume 1–21), and Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen and Palle Raunkjær (volume 22–26), issued by J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Editions * ''Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon'', 19 volumes, Copenhagen: Brødrene Salmonsen, 1893–1911 * ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'', 2nd edition, editors: Christian Blangstrup (I–XXI), Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen and Palle Raunkjær (XXII–XXVI), 26 volumes, Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel, 1915–1930. * ''Den Lille Salmonsen'', 3rd edition, 12 volumes, Copenhage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1596 In France
Events from the year 1596 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Henry IV Events * Siege of Calais * Tract of alliance between England, France and the United Netherlands Births *31 March – René Descartes, French philosopher (died 1650 in Sweden) *6 June – Michel Particelli d'Emery (died 1650) *5 November – Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, nobleman (died 1657) *11 November – Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (died 1663) Deaths *19 February – Blaise de Vigenère, diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist (born 1523) *5 May – Catherine de Montpensier, politically active duchess (born 1552) *3 October – Florent Chrestien, satirist and poet (born 1541) *1 November – Pierre Pithou, lawyer and scholar (born 1539) Full date missing * Jean Bodin, philosopher and politician (born 1530) *Madeleine de l’Aubespine Madeleine may refer to: Common meanings * Madeleine (name), also Madeline, a feminine given name *Madeleine (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moïse Amyraut
Moïse Amyraut, Latin Moyses Amyraldus (September 1596 – 8 January 1664), in English texts often Moses Amyraut, was a French Huguenot, Reformed theologian and metaphysician. He was the architect of Amyraldism, a Calvinist doctrine that made modifications to Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Christ's atonement and covenant theology. Life Amyraut was born at Bourgueil, in the valley of the Changeon in the province of Anjou. His father was a lawyer, and, preparing Moses for the same profession, sent him, on the completion of his study of the humanities at Orléans, to the university of Poitiers. At the university he took the degree of licentiate (BA) of laws. On his way home from the university he passed through Saumur, and, having visited the pastor of the Protestant church there, was introduced by him to Philippe de Mornay, governor of the city. Struck with young Amyraut's ability and culture, they both urged him to change from law to theology. His father advised him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Monarchs
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first king of France, however historians today consider that such a kingdom did not begin until the establishment of West Francia. Titles The kings used the title "King of the Franks" ( la, Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...: ''Rex Franciae''; French language, French: ''roi de France'') was Philip II of France, Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lucas (traveller)
Paul Lucas (31 August 1664, in Quevilly, near Rouen – 12 May 1737, in Madrid) was a French merchant, naturalist, physician and antiquarian to King Louis XIV. Life Lucas was the son of Centurion Lucas, a well known book printer and publisher in Rouen, and Judith Mauclerc. In 1688, he served with the Venetians at the Siege of Negroponte. In 1696 he returned to France with a large collection of medals and other antiquities which were purchased for the French Royal Cabinet. This brought him to the attention of the court and he then began a series of three voyages to the East: he travelled extensively in Greece, Turkey, the Levant and Egypt, in three major voyages (1699–1703, 1704–1708 and 1714–1717). Lucas is one of the earliest sources of information from Upper Egypt, visiting among other places Thebes (though he does not identify it) and the Nile up to the cataracts. A panegyrical portrayal of Lucas is also afforded in the Arabic autobiography of Hanna Diya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
