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1567 In France
Events from the year 1567 in France. Incumbents *List of French monarchs, Monarch – Charles IX of France Events *January 20 – Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1567), Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro, ending the occupation of France Antarctique. * September 28 – Surprise of Meaux: Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569), Louis, Prince of Condé, and Gaspard II de Coligny, Gaspard de Coligny fail in an attempt to capture Charles IX of France, Charles IX and his mother at Meaux. * September 29 (Michaelmas) ** The Second War of Religion is triggered by the events of yesterday. Huguenots go on to capture several cities (including Orléans) and march on Paris. ** ''Michelade'': Protestant massacre of Catholics, including 24 priests and monks, in Nîmes. * November 10 – Battle of Saint-Denis (1567), Battle of Saint-Denis: Anne de Montmorency, with 16,000 Royalists, falls on ... [...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] |
Anne De Montmorency
Anne, Duke of Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter (15 March 1493, Chantilly, Oise12 November 1567, Paris) was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France and served five kings. Early life Montmorency was born at Chantilly to William of Montmorency and Anne St. Pol. His father had a senior status in the household of Francis, Count of Angoulême (the future King Francis I). Montmorency first saw military action at the battle of Ravenna in 1512. Reign of Francis I When Francis acceded to the French throne in January 1515, Montmorency became an influential member of his court. When the king reasserted the French claim to Milan the same year, Montmorency followed his king into Italy and distinguished himself at Marignano. Montmorency was named captain of the Bastille in 1516 and became governor of Novara. In 1518 he was one of the hostages in England for Francis I's debt to Henry VIII for the city of Tournai. He returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1621
Events January–March * January 12 – Şehzade Mehmed, the 15-year old half-brother of Ottoman Sultan Osman II, is put to death by hanging on Osman's orders. Before dying, Mehmed prays aloud that Osman's reign as Sultan be ruined. * January 18 – The Dutch East India Company formally names its fortress at Jayakarta in Indonesia, calling it Batavia. Upon the independence of the Dutch East Indies as Indonesia in 1945, Batavia will be renamed Jakarta. * January 22 – The Tianqi era begins in Ming Dynasty China, six months after Zhu Changluo becomes the Taichang Emperor. * January 24 – Twelve days after the murder of Prince Mehmed on orders of Sultan Osman II, Constantinople is hit by bitter winter weather, leading to rioting by persons who believe that the punishment of Osman is the will of Allah. * January 28 – Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) dies at the age of 70 after 15 years as Pontiff. * January 29 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne De Xainctonge
Anne de Xainctonge (21 November 1567 – 8 June 1621) was a French religious sister who founded of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, the first non-cloistered women's religious community. She was declared Venerable by the Roman Catholic Church in 1991. Life She was born in Dijon, the eldest child of Jean de Xainctonge, a politician, and his wife, Lady Marguerite Collard, both members of the nobility. Her father saw to it that she had a good education. Her upbringing was also very practical. She and her step-sister Nicole were entrusted with the care of the poultry-yard, cellar, and fruit-rooms.Ryan, Mary"Anne de Xainctonge" ''The Month'', April 1908. At the age of seventeen, Anne made her appearance in high society with all the pomp of her position. She is described as vivacious and witty. When an acceptable suitor presented himself, she declined the proposal and her parents reluctantly let her have her way. The catechism lesson of a Jesuit, gave he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 21
Events Pre-1600 * 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 235 – Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. * 1386 – Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive. 1601–1900 *1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.) * 1676 – The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. * 1783 – In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. *1789 – North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state. *1851 – Mutineers take control of the Chilean penal colony of Punta Arenas in th ... [...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] |
Martin Fréminet
Martin Fréminet (24 September 1567 – 18 June 1619) was a French painter. Biography Fréminet was born and died in Paris. According to the RKD he was a painter and engraver who is considered a member of the Second "School of Fontainebleau".Martin Fréminet in the Several of his ceiling decorations at the survive. Fréminet, a French historical painter, was born in Paris in 1567. He received his first instruction from his father, a tapestry designer. He soon made some progress in his career in Paris, and executed several commissions, including a picture of ''St. Sebastia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 24
Events Pre-1600 *787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz. 1601–1900 * 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles. * 1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji. *1745 – Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince Charles defeats a British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans. * 1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court. * 1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium. * 1841 – The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke. *1846 – Mexican–American War: General Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1622
Events January–May * January 7 – The Holy Roman Empire and Transylvania sign the Peace of Nikolsburg. * February 8 – King James I of England dissolves the English Parliament. * March 12 – Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Ávila, Isidore the Farmer and Philip Neri are canonized by Pope Gregory XV. * March 22 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown, Virginia (one third of the colony's population), and burn the Henricus settlement. This begins the American Indian Wars. April–June * April 22 – Hormuz is captured from the Portuguese, by an Anglo-Persian force. * April 27 – Thirty Years' War – Skirmish at Mingolsheim: Protestant forces under Mansfeld and Georg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach defeat the Imperial forces under Tilly. The Protestants win, but afterwards Tilly links up with a Spanish army under Gonzalo de Córdoba, greatly increasing his streng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis De Sales
Francis de Sales (french: François de Sales; it, Francesco di Sales; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the ''Introduction to the Devout Life'' and the ''Treatise on the Love of God''. Life Early years Francis de Sales was born two months premature on 21 August 1567 in the Château de Sales into the noble Sales family of the Duchy of Savoy, in what is today Thorens-Glières, Haute-Savoie, France. His father was François de Sales, Lord of Sales, and Novel, and by marriage, de Boisy. His mother was a noblewoman, Françoise de Sionnaz, the only child of the prominent magistrate, Melchior de Sionnaz, Seigneur de Vallières, de la Thuile, and de Boisy. This bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 21
Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin. The uprising is defeated after two days, consolidating Saladin's position as master of Egypt. * 1192 – Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes '' Sei-i Taishōgun'' and the ''de facto'' ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era). * 1331 – King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia. * 1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta. 1601–1900 *1680 – Pueblo Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1638 In France
Events from the year 1638 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIII Events * March 3 – Battle of Rheinfelden: A mercenary army under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, fighting for France, defeats Imperial forces. * March 5 – Thirty Years' War: The Treaty of Hamburg (1638), Treaty of Hamburg is signed between France and Sweden by Cardinal Richelieu of France and representatives of Christina, Queen of Sweden, Queen Christina of Sweden. * December 18 – Cardinal Mazarin becomes premier adviser to Cardinal Richelieu on the death of François Leclerc du Tremblay (''Père Joseph''). Births * January 1 – Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières, poet (d. 1694 in France, 1694) * May 11 – Guy-Crescent Fagon, physician and botanist (d. 1718 in France, 1718) * June 8 – Pierre Magnol, botanist (d. 1715 in France, 1715) * July 11 – Olympia Mancini, courtier (d. 1708 in France, 1708) * August 6 – Nicolas Malebranche, philosopher (d. 1715) * September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
