1640 in France explained

Events from the year 1640 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIII^[1]

Events

• Introduction of the Louis d'or
• The Battle of Cádiz

Births

• 9 March Jacques d'Agar, portrait painter (died 1715)

Full date missing

• Étienne Chauvin, Protestant divine (died 1725)
• Marguerite de la Sablière, salonist and polymath (died 1693)

Deaths

• 30 May  - André Duchesne, historian and geographer (born 1584)^[2]

Full date missing

• Claude de Bullion, aristocrat and politician (born 1569)
• John Francis Regis, priest (born 1597)
• Isaac Manasses de Pas, Marquis de Feuquieres, soldier (born 1590)

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: Duchesne, André . . 6 . 1917 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 25 September 2015 .