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1688 In France
Events from the year 1688 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV Events Births Full date missing *Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder, engraver (died 1754 in France, 1754) *Jacques Chereau, engraver and printmaker (died 1776 in France, 1776) Deaths Full date missing *Antoine Furetière, scholar (born 1619 in France, 1619) *Philippe Quinault, librettist and dramatist (born 1635 in France, 1635) *Abraham Duquesne, naval officer (born c.1610 in France, 1610) *Claude Mellan, engraver and painter (born 1598 in France, 1598) *Nicolas Denys, aristocrat, explorer, colonizer and soldier in New France (born 1598?) See also References 1680s in France {{France-hist-stub ... [...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] |
1619 In France
Events from the year 1619 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIII Events *10 August – Treaty of Angoulême Births * Paul Hay du Chastelet Jr., military strategist and author (died ca. 1682) *6 March – Cyrano de Bergerac, novelist and playwright, (died 1655) *28 December – Antoine Furetière, scholar and writer (died 1688) Deaths *12 February – Pierre de Larivey, dramatist (born 1549) *18 June – Martin Fréminet, painter (born 1567) Full date missing *François d'Amboise, jurist and writer (born 1550) *Jacques Margeret, mercenary captain (born c.1565) *Olivier de Serres, author and soil scientist (born 1539) *François Quesnel François Quesnel (c. 1543–1619) was a French painter of Scottish extraction. Biography The son of the French painter Pierre Quesnel and his Scottish wife Madeleine Digby, born in Edinburgh while his father worked for Mary of Guise, Quesnel f ..., painter (born c.1543) See also References 1610s in Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Denys
Nicolas Denys (1598? – 1688) was a French-born merchant, governor, author, and settler in New France. He founded settlements at St. Pierre (now St. Peter's, Nova Scotia), Ste. Anne (Englishtown, Nova Scotia) and Nepisiquit (Bathurst, New Brunswick). Denys' writings about the lands and peoples of Acadia were published in two volumes in 1672. The work, entitled ''The Description and Natural History of the Coasts of North America'', remains the leading authority regarding the conditions of Acadia for the years 1632 through 1670. Life Early years in France Nicolas Denys was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, about 1598, the son of Jacques Denys, a captain in King Henri IV's Royal Guard and equerry to the king. His mother was Marie Cosnier. He was baptized in 1603. Early years in Acadia When Cardinal Richelieu authorized a stronger French presence in the New World, he commissioned Isaac de Razilly to be lieutenant-general of Acadia and Nicolas Denys accompanied the expedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1598 In France
Events from the year 1598 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Henry IV Events *April – signing of the Edict of Nantes. *2 May – Peace of Vervins Births Full date missing *Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière, politician (d. 1681) *Helene Boullé (d. 1684) *Michel Villedo, stonemason, advisor and architect (d. 1667) Deaths Full date missing *Jean de Serres } Jean de Serres (; la, Joannes Serranus; 1540–1598) was a major French historian and an advisor to King Henry IV during the Wars of Religion that marred the French Reformation in the second half of the Sixteenth Century. As a refugee from reli ..., historian (b. 1540) See also References {{Year in Europe, 1598 1590s in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Mellan
Claude Mellan (23 May 1598 – 9 September 1688) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and painter.Brejon de Lavergnée 1996. Early life and training Mellan was born in Abbeville, the son of a customs official.Strutt 1746. His first known print (Préaud no. 288), made for a thesis in theology at the Collège des Mathurins, shows that he was in Paris by 1619. His first teachers have not been identified, but his early engravings are thought to show the influence of Léonard Gaultier. Rome In 1624 Mellan went to Rome, where he studied engraving for a brief time with Francesco Villamena, who died that year. He then studied under Simon Vouet, who had been in Rome since 1614. Vouet encouraged Mellan to draw, considering it essential for both engraving and painting. Mellan engraved some of Vouet's works and also began drawing small portraits from life. Many of his portrait drawings were never engraved. He developed a style that was simple and natural, that would be characteristic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1610 In France
Events of the year 1610 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Henry IV of France, Henry IV (until 14 May), then Louis XIII *Regent: Marie de' Medici (from 14 May) Events *May 13 – Marie de' Medici is crowned Queen of France at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. *May 14 – Henry IV, King of France, is fatally stabbed by François Ravaillac during a parade marking the recent coronation of his wife; he is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Louis. *May 15 – By the first lit de justice of Louis XIII, his mother Marie de' Medici is proclaimed regent of France. *May 27 – Regicide François Ravaillac is executed by being pulled apart by horses in the Place de Grève, Paris. *October 17 – Louis XIII is crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral. Births * February 2 – Pierre Bourdelot, physician, anatomist, freethinker, abbé and libertine (died 1685 in France, 1685) * February 13 – Jean de Labadie, mystic (died 1674 in France, 1674) * April 1 – Charles de S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet (2 February 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot. He was the son of a naval officer and therefore became a sailor himself, spending his early years in merchant service. Service in the French navy In 1635, he became a ''capitaine de vaisseau'' (captain) in the French navy. He was appointed to the "Neptune" squadron in 1636. In May 1637, he gained some fame for capturing the island of Lerins from Spain. Around this time, his father died in a conflict with the Spanish, which permanently increased his animosity towards them and he sought revenge. He fought them viciously at the Battle of Guetaria in 1638, during the expedition to Corunna in 1639, and in the battles at Tarragona in 1641, Barcelona and the Cabo de Gata. Service in the Swedish navy Duquesne then left to join the Royal Swedish navy in 1643. He fought the Danish fleet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1635 In France
Events from the year 1635 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIII Events * * * * * * * * February 22 – The ''Académie française'' in Paris is formally constituted as the national academy for the preservation of the French language. * May – France declares war on Spain. * May 30 – Thirty Years' War – The Peace of Prague is signed, which ends the German civil war aspect of the conflict. * Guadeloupe and Martinique are colonized by France. * Dominica is claimed by France. Births * * * * * * * * June 3 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688) * July 19 – Francine Descartes (d. 1640) * July 23 – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux (d. 1660) * October 7 – Roger de Piles, French painter (d. 1709) * November 27 – Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719) Deaths * * * * * * * * December 25 – Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec (b. c.1567 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Quinault
Philippe Quinault (; 3 June 1635 – 26 November 1688), French dramatist and librettist, was born in Paris. Biography Quinault was educated by the liberality of François Tristan l'Hermite, the author of ''Marianne''. Quinault's first play was produced at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1653, when he was only eighteen. The piece succeeded, and Quinault followed it up, but he also read for the bar; and in 1660, when he married a widow with money, he bought himself a place in the ''Cour des Comptes''. Then he tried tragedies (''Agrippa'', etc.) with more success. He received one of the literary pensions then recently established, and was elected to the Académie française in 1670. Up to this time he had written some sixteen or seventeen comedies, tragedies, and tragi-comedies, which began at the ''Hôtel de Bourgogne'' in 1653, and of which the tragedies were mostly of very small value and the tragi-comedies of little more. But his comedies—especially his first piece ''Les Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Furetière
Antoine Furetière (28 December 161914 May 1688) was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel ''Scarron's City Romance''. He was expelled from the Académie Française for seeking to publish his own French language dictionary. Biography Furetière was born in Paris, the son of an employee of the royal household. He studied law and worked for a time as an attorney and tax assessor. Later he became a Catholic clergyman and, after various promotions, the abbé of Chalivoy in the diocese of Bourges in 1662. Thanks to the leisure he enjoyed as a clergyman, he was able to devote himself to writing. He was admitted to the Académie Française in 1662 by virtue of his satire ''Nouvelle allégorique, ou histoire des derniers troubles arrivés au royaume d'éloquence'' (1658), among other works. One of Furetière's most important literary works was ''Le Roman bourgeois'' (1666). This satirical novel described everyday life, especially within the le ... [...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] |
1776 In France
Events from the year 1776 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVI Events * June–July – Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans, demonstrates his steamboat ''Palmipède'' on the Doubs (river). * August – The guild organisation ''Marchandes de modes'' is founded. Births *1 April – Sophie Germain, mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1831) *4 August – Pierre-Simon Ballanche, writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher (died 1847) Full date missing * Peter Gilles, composer (died 1839) Deaths *4 May – Jacques Saly, sculptor (born 1717) *25 August – Germain-François Poullain de Saint-Foix, writer and playwright (born 1698) *17 October – Pierre François le Courayer, writer (born 1681) Full date missing *Augustin Roux, encyclopedist (born 1726) * Marie Durand, Protestant martyr (d. 1711 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days beh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
