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France in 1671

Name: France in 1671 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for France in 1671, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records

3Events

2Named people

1Places

2Categories

Historical records

January

11 January 1671Birth of Francois-Marie de BroglieFrancois-Marie de Broglie Broglie, 1st

House / House of Broglie

Birth of Francois-Marie de Broglie

Other Events

1671Earth Meridian MeasurementJean Picard

Paris · Science / Astronomy

Completes a precise meridian-arc measurement north of Paris.

1671Size of the EarthJean Picard

Paris · Science / Astronomy

Calculates Earths size with unprecedented seventeenth-century accuracy.

Names involved

Francois-Marie de Broglie Broglie, 1stJean Picard

Places involved

Paris

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.