1606 in France explained

Events from the year 1606 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Henry IV^[1]

Events

• February 12  - Maximilien de Béthune becomes 1st Duke of Sully in the Peerage of France.^[2]
• February 24  - Commercial treaty between France and England signed in Paris.^[3]
• March 15  - The king leaves Paris to besiege Sedan and end the revolt of the Duke of Bouillon, who submits on April 2.^[4] On April 6 the king enters the town^[5] and on April 28 returns to Paris.^[2]
• March 22  - The assembly of the French clergy grants the king a "free gift" (dons gratuits) of livres.^[6]
• April 2  - Treaty for the protection of the Principality of Sedan.^[7]
• June 3  - The Duke of Sully is named captain lieutenant in the Queen’s company.^[8]
• June 9  - Accident at the Neuilly-sur-Seine ferry: the king and queen with others of the court, returning from Saint-Germain to Paris, nearly drown.^[2] The king orders construction of the first, wooden, Pont de Neuilly, built between 1609 and 1611.
• December 18  - Richelieu is nominated Bishop of Luçon.^[9]
• December  - Edict on reform of the Catholic clergy.^[5]

Births

• February 10  - Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1663)
• February 27  - Laurent de La Hyre, Baroque painter (d. 1656)
• April 6  - Amable de Bourzeys, writer and academic (d. 1672)
• June 6  - Pierre Corneille, dramatist (d. 1684)
• July 13  - Roland Fréart de Chambray, architectural theorist (d. 1676)
• October 1  - Julian Maunoir, Jesuit priest (d. 1683)
• October 30  - Jean-Jacques Bouchard, erotic writer (d. 1641)
• November 12  - Jeanne Mance, nurse and settler in Montreal (d. 1673)
• date unknown
  • Pierre du Ryer, dramatist (d. 1658)
  • Charles Errard, painter, architect and engraver (d. 1689)

Deaths

• March 25  - François de Bar, French scholar (b. 1538)
• October 5  - Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry IV, King of France (b. 1553, r. 1589–1610) . www.metmuseum.org . 7 June 2022.
2. Book: Rapin, Nicolas. Nicolas Rapin. Œuvres. 1. Librairie Droz. Geneva. 1982. 9782600025690. Google Books. PR125.
3. Book: de Milititz, Alexander. Manuel des consuls: Établissement des consulats à l'étranger. 2. A. Asher. London. 1839. Google Books. 65.
4. Book: de La Barre Duparcq, Édouard. Henri IV et nos frontières. Librairie pour l'art militaire, les sciences et les arts. 1875. Google Books. 18.
5. Book: Mironneau, Paul. Henri IV. Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot. 2005. 9782877477857. Google Books. 149.
6. Book: de Caulet, Jean. Lettre II et III [contre les lettres ne repugnate, et autres écrits]]. 1752. Google Books. 40.
7. Book: Recueil des traitez de paix, de trêve, de neutralité, de confédération, d'alliance et de commerce, faits par les rois de France. 3. Frédéric Leonard. 1693. Google Books. 529.
8. Book: Aristide, Isabelle. La fortune de Sully. Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique. 2014. 9782821842281. 46.
9. Book: d'Albis, Cécile. Richelieu: L'essor d'un nouvel équilibre européen. Armand Colin. Paris. 2012. 9782200275822. Google Books. PT30.