Historical place archive

Vincennes in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Vincennes in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1328–1749

Historical events in Vincennes

1328

1 February 1328
Death of Charles IV
Charles IV · House of Capet

Charles IV dies without a surviving male heir

1661

9 March 1661
Death of Jules Mazarin
Jules Mazarin · Roman Catholic Church

Death of Jules Mazarin, in the castle of Vincennes

1749

24 July 1749
Imprisonment at Vincennes
Denis Diderot · Philosophy

Diderot is confined at Vincennes because of his controversial philosophical writings.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Vincennes. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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