23 March 1630Capture of PuinerloArmand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu
Captures Pinerlo in Piedmont
Historical records for France in 1630, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Captures Pinerlo in Piedmont
The Spanish capture Mantua
Places Cologne under French protection
Places Els of Trier under French protection
Appointed Marshal of France
Descartes develops studies of vision, lenses and light that later appear in The Dioptrics.
Appointed Nuncio
Makes a peace settlement of the War of Mantuan Succession on behalf of the Papacy
Appointed Secretary to Cardinal Richeleau
Descartes works in Amsterdam on The World, a mechanistic account of nature and cosmology.
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