1637 in France explained

Events from the year 1637 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIII^[1]

Births

• 16 April – Johan Vibe, military officer and engineer, Governor-general of Norway (d. 1710)^[2]

Full date missing

• Nicolas Catinat, Marshal of France (died 1712)^[3]
• Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary (died 1675)

Deaths

Full date missing

• Philippe Habert, poet (born 1604)
• Augustin de Beaulieu, general (born 1589)
• Guillaume Courtet, Dominican priest, martyr (born 1589)
• Charles d'Ambleville, composer
• Henri de Bailly, composer

New books published

• René Descartes (1596-1650), ''Discourse on the Method''.

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. Encyclopedia: Johan Vibe . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Terje . Bratberg . Knut Helle . Helle . Knut . Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. no. 3 August 2020.
3. Encyclopedia: Catinat, Nicolas de . . 4 . 1916 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 8 September 2015 .