1632 in France explained

Events from the year 1632 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIII^[1]

Events

• • • • • • • • 29 March  - The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
• 23 July  - Three hundred colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
• 1 September  - A rebellion against French king Louis XIII is crushed at the Battle of Castelnaudary. The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.
• 9 September  - Thirty Years' War  - Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attempts to break the siege, but is defeated in the Battle of the Alte Veste.

Births

• 1 January  - Claude de Choiseul-Francières, a Marshal of France (d. 1711)
• 12 February  - Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, businessman active in Canada (d. 1702)
• 3 May  - Catherine of St. Augustine, nun and nurse of New France (d. 1668)
• 10 June  - Esprit Fléchier, writer and Bishop of Nîmes (d. 1710)
• 14 June  - Jean Gallois, scholar and abbé (d. 1707)
• 13 August  - François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, ecclesiastic (d. 1713)
• 20 August  - Louis Bourdaloue, Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)^[2]
• 12 September (bapt.)  - Claude Lefèbvre, painter and engraver (d. 1675)
• 15 September  - Comte de Grignan, aristocrat (d. 1714)

Deaths

• • • • • • • • 30 October  - Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. 1595)

Notes and References

1. Book: Sturdy . David . Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship . 14 March 2017 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-350-31732-1 . 20 . en.
2. Web site: Louis Bourdaloue French priest Britannica . www.britannica.com . 10 March 2022 . en.