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France in 1628

Historical records for France in 1628, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
2Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

October

28 October 1628Capture of La RochelleArmand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

La Rochelle · Warfare / Military

The starving Hugenot city of La Rochelle surrenders to Richelieu

Other Events

1628Move to the NetherlandsRene Descartes

Netherlands · Humanities / Philosophy

Descartes leaves Paris and settles in the Netherlands to pursue research with greater privacy.

1628Rules for the Direction of the MindRene Descartes

Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Descartes develops an unfinished work setting out rules for orderly and reliable reasoning.

Names involved

Armand Jean du Plessis de RichelieuRene Descartes

Places involved

La RochelleNetherlandsParis

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.