1621 in France
Events from the year 1621 in France.
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Incumbents
     
- Monarch: Louis XIII[1]
 
Events
    
- April 26 – Treaty of Madrid signed by courtier François de Bassompierre: Valtelline restored to the Grisons and Spain allowed to reoccupy Chiavenna.
 - May – Huguenot rebellions: Capture of Saumur by Louis XIII.
 - May 30 – June 24 – Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély – Royal victory.
 - June – Huguenot rebellions: Blockade of La Rochelle begins.
 - August – Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Montauban – Louis XIII besieges the Huguenot city of Montauban but is forced to abandon his siege two months later.
 - Benedictine Congregation of Saint Maur established.
 
Births
    
- July 8 – Jean de La Fontaine, fabulist (died 1695)
 - August 13 – Israel Silvestre, topographical etcher (died 1691)
 - September 8 – Louis, Grand Condé, general (died 1686)
 - October 3 – Claude Maltret, Jesuit (died 1674)
 - October 16 – Pierre Paul Puget, painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (died 1694)
 - October 21 – Nicholas Barré, French Minim friar, priest and founder (died 1686)
 - Françoise Bertaut de Motteville, memoirist (died 1689)
 - Jacques Courtois, painter (died 1676)
 
Deaths
    
- June 2 – Dorothea of Lorraine (born 1545)
 - June 8 – Anne de Xainctonge, religious (born 1567)
 - August 3 – Guillaume du Vair, author and lawyer (born 1556)
 - September 20 – Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, noble (born 1578)
 - c. October 8 – Antoine de Montchrestien, dramatist, economist and adventurer (born c.1575)
 - October 21 – Paul Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain, French politician (born 1569)
 - December 15 – Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Constable of France (born 1578)
 - Louis de Caullery, painter (born 1555)
 - François Pithou, author and lawyer (born 1543)
 
See also
    
    
References
    
- Sturdy, David (14 March 2017). Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-350-31732-1.
 
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