Events from the year 1617 in France.
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Incumbents edit
- Monarch: Louis XIII[1]
Events edit
- April 24 – Encouraged by Charles d'Albert, the seventeen-year-old Louis XIII, king of France, forces his mother Marie de Medici, who has held de facto power, into retirement and has her favourite, Concino Concini, assassinated.
- November 14 – L’Union de la Boîte was founded.
Births edit
- November 19 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655)
Deaths edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Sturdy, David (14 March 2017). Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-350-31732-1.