Events from the year 1637 in
France
Incumbents
*
Monarch –
Louis XIII
Events
Births
*16 April –
Johan Vibe, military officer and engineer,
Governor-general of Norway (d.
1710
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Saturday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – In Prussia, Cölln is merged with Alt-Berlin b ...
)
Full date missing
*
Nicolas Catinat,
Marshal of France (died
1712
In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day (Friday, February 30) Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturday, M ...
)
*
Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary (died 1675)
Deaths
Full date missing
*
Philippe Habert
Philippe Habert (1604 – 26 July 1637) was a French poet.
Habert was born in Paris and was the brother to Germain Habert and cousin of Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, as well as a friend of Valentin Conrart. Philippe was also one of the first me ...
, poet (born 1604)
*
Augustin de Beaulieu
Augustin de Beaulieu (1589–1637) was a French general, who in 1619 led an armed expedition to the East Indies composed of three ships (275 crews, 106 cannons) and called the "Fleet of Montmorency", after its sponsor the Admiral Montmorency.''A ...
, general (born 1589)
*
Guillaume Courtet, Dominican priest, martyr (born 1589)
*
Charles d'Ambleville
Charles d'Ambleville (died 6 July 1637 in Rouen) was a French composer. His ''Octonarium sacrum'' (1634) is a set of five-part verses for the ''Magnificat'', using all eight tones, in fugal style. He also composed the ''Messe des Jésuites à Péki ...
, composer
*
Henri de Bailly
Henri de Bailly (died October 1637) was a French composer. Originally a singer in the chapelle royale of Henri IV, he was elevated to ''Surintendant de la musique'' in 1622 by Louis XIII, and at the same time raised to the nobility.
Bailly was kn ...
, composer
New books published
*
René Descartes (1596-1650),
'' Discourse on the Method''.
See also
References
1630s in France
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