Capture of Puinerlo
Captures Pinerlo in Piedmont
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1630 in France
Explore 11 historical events and records for France in 1630.
Historical records for France in 1630
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Capture of Mantua
The Spanish capture Mantua
Other events (month unknown)
Capture of Cologne
Places Cologne under French protection
Capture of Els
Places Els of Trier under French protection
Descartes Debates Creation Of Eternal Truths
In correspondence with Marin Mersenne Descartes argued that even mathematical truths depend on divine creation. The claim connected his metaphysics of God with the apparent necessity of mathematics.
Marshal
Appointed Marshal of France
Optics Research
Descartes develops studies of vision, lenses and light that later appear in The Dioptrics.
Papal Nuncio
Appointed Nuncio
Peace
Makes a peace settlement of the War of Mantuan Succession on behalf of the Papacy
Secretary of Cardinal Richeleau
Appointed Secretary to Cardinal Richeleau
The World
Descartes works in Amsterdam on The World, a mechanistic account of nature and cosmology.
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