Events from the year 1664 in

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, Pac ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

Events

Compagnie de l'Occident The Company of the Occident (french: Compagnie de l'Occident) was a French Crown corporation that existed from 1664 to 1667. Its purpose was to exploit the resources of the French colonies and compete with the powerful Dutch and English compani ...

established *

Kronenbourg Brewery Kronenbourg Brewery (french: Brasseries Kronenbourg, German: ''Kronenbourg Brauerei'', ) is a brewery founded in 1664 by Geronimus Hatt in the Free Imperial City of Straßburg, Holy Roman Empire (today Strasbourg, France). The name comes from th ...

established in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

Births

*5 April –

Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

, noblewoman (died 1748) *22 May – François Blouet de Camilly, clergyman (died 1723) *16 July –

Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois Philippe Charles d'Orléans, ''petit-fils de France'', Duke of Valois (16 July 1664 – 8 December 1666) was a French prince and '' Grandson of France''. He was styled Duke of Valois at the time of his birth. He was a short lived nephew of Louis ...

, prince (died 1666) *31 August –

Paul Lucas Paul Lucas may refer to: * Paul Lucas (footballer) (1936–1992), English football (soccer) player * Paul Lucas (genealogist) (1683–1759), French genealogist and Augustinian friar, known as Père Simplicien or Simplicien Lucas * Paul Lucas (pla ...

, merchant, naturalist, physician and antiquarian (died 1737)

Deaths

*8 January – Moses Amyraut, Protestant theologian and metaphysician (born

1596 Events January–June * January 6– 20 – An English attempt led by Francis Drake to cross the Isthmus of Panama ends in defeat. * January 28 – Francis Drake dies of dysentery off Portobelo. * February 14 – Archbishop John Whitg ...

) *17 November –

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 ...

, translator (born 1606)

Full date of death missing

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 th ...

, painter (born c.1601) *

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 16 ...

, organist and composer (born 1597) *

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 ...

, Jansenist Catholic priest (born 1607) * David Derodon, Calvinist theologian and philosopher (born c.1600)

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