1657 in France

This page relates to the year 1657 of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Chronology of France

1656 in France - 1657 - 1658 in France

January

Tuesday January 2nd: Bossuet seat with Faculty (2 janv. - 1st févr. June 1st - Sept. 1).
January 4th: A stop of the Council evaluates the hotel of Blainville with 200.000 books; Jean de Choisy will receive in exchange of wood in Normandy for the same value.
January 23rd: Seventeenth written letter by the author of the Letters to provincial the with the reverend P. Ass, Jesuit (Pascal).
January 24th: Died of the duke Chevreuse. It had been born on June 5th 1578.
January 25th: Bossuet gives the Panégyrique of saint Paul , with the Saint-Paul church in Paris (?).

February

Thursday: Bossuet seat with Faculty (2 janv. - 1st févr. June 1st - Sept. 1).
February 6th: Cosnac which likes it much, returns visit to Laure Mancini which appeared to be raised of difficult layers and finds it suddenly badly. She speaks with difficulty.
February 8th: Died of Laura Mancini, duchess of Mercœur, one of the mazarinettes. This death frightened, because it was only twenty-four hours patient. It étoit beautiful, young person, and one disoit that his father, Mr. de Mancini, who étoit large astrologer, avoit predicts the death of his wife and his daughter, and who Mr. cardinal étoit threatened, in the same year as that arriveroit, of died or disgrace, and than it étoit what causoit extreme displeasure that it témoignoit of died of its two relationships.
February 8th:

Lettre of Fouquet to the caretaker of Be worth. A gentleman close to Be worth, Mr. de Villefrin, said to the queen that on the building site one had counted to 9000 men. It is requested not to let enter nobody on the building site.
François Christophe de Lévi pledges written to marry Catherine de Manneville, girl of honor of the queen mother, called Menneville. This Menneville, mistress of Fouquet, will try to obtain from him that Damville, that one finds very present in the entourage of the Grande Miss, keeps to its commitment.

February 9th: Declaration (of the pope?) to hide death one to profit to keep the body. Because a resignation occurring in the 20 days preceding death is null. From where temptation to hide this one until the 20 days regulation. Mousnier p 243
February 10th: Died of Stoskopff, painter of Strasbourg of dead nature.
February 11th: Birth of Fontenelle.
February 12th:

fascinating Lent. Quarrel with Saint-Fargeau between the knight of Béthune (wire of the count and who opposes Mrs. de Thianges) and the knight of Brigueil. The knight of Charny is present.
Marriage of Marie Fouquet, first girl of Nicolas Fouquet and Louise Fork, with Armand de Béthune, marquis de Charost, in Saint Nicolas's Day of the Fields.

February 14th: Wednesday of Ashes.
February 17th: A stop of the Council gives to Jean de Choisy the wood of Vernay, Tronquay and the Park intended to feed the forging mill of Balleroy.
February 19th:

Publication of the Seventeenth written letter by the author of the Letters to provincial to the reverend P. Ass, Jesuit of Pascal.
Bossuet pronounces the Panégyrique of saint Joseph , with the Breaking into leaf, Paris.

February 21st: Marriage of Olympe Mancini, dead sister of Laura few front days, with the count of Soissons.

Miss de Scudéry publishes the portrait of Mrs. of Sévigné under the name of Clarinthe .
an edict protects the Dîme S.
February-March: “Warning on the XVII Letters”, of Pierre Nicole.

March

Saturday March 3rd: Treaty of Paris between France and England (Cromwell).

Commercial treaty signed with England, Mazarin concludes a secret military alliance with Cromwell intended to drive out the Spaniards of the maritime Flanders in exchange of the town of Dunkirk. The English negotiator was colonel Lockhart.

March 7th: Bossuet pronounces the the First Panegyric of saint Thomas d' Aquin , in Paris.
March 13rd: Died of first president Pomponne de Bellièvre. It had succeeded Molé like First President. Cosnac regrets it, it recently reconciled it with Mazarin and started to be used to them as intermediary.
March 17th: The Assemblée of the clergy imposes to the ecclesiastics the signature of a form condemning the Augustinus .
March 24th: Writing of the last of the provincial Letters, Eighteenth letter with the Reverend P. Ass, Jesuit .

Réponse to the complaint that the Jansenists of make what one calls them heretics and Réponse to the XVIIe letter of the Jansenists .

April

Sunday the 1st er April: Easter
April 2nd:

Died of Jean-Jacques Olier, wire of Jacques, Master of the requests, and Marie Dolu, who was born in Paris on September 20th, 1608, abbot of Pébrac, priest of Saint-Sulpice to Paris and founder of the famous seminar of this name; he died on April 2nd, 1657 between the arms of saint Vincent of Paul. He had been acquired a great reputation
Décès of the Emperor Ferdinand III of Habsbourg.

April 12th: Arrival of Gaston of Orleans with Paris for the business of Champigny pled in front of large the room.
April 22nd: Blessing of the church of the convent of Mercy (streets of Directs and Thatch).
April 24th: Departure of Paris of Gaston of Orleans.
April 28th: Rather abrupt death of the duchess of Montbazon (Marie of Brittany, second woman of Hercules de Rohan, duke of Montbazon), at the age of forty-five years. Miss into known as: " a person attached to the world and its pumps like étoit that one, liking its beauty and making its idol of oneself, it is well little of time that six hours to think of oneself and to make penitence of it! " She was in particular liked of Beaufort and Rancé.

Visit with Paris of Gaston, it is celebrated by Lionne, Tuboeuf, the marshal of Gramont (the year of before it had been it by Fouquet with Saint-Mandé, after the interview of Fère).
Spring: contribution of Pascal to the Logic of Port-Royal . Of the geometrical spirit .

May

Wednesday May 2nd: The marchioness of Sourdis had been born Jeanne de Montluc dies in Paris.
May 3rd: The Assemblée of the clergy grants a free gift of 2,7 million books.
May 6th: Publication of the Eighteenth letter to the Reverend P. Ass, Jesuit (and last letter)
May 7th: Opening of the General hospital which becomes a place of detention for the poor ones.
May 16th: Nicolas Brulart is received first president of the Parliament of Dijon. He dies on August 4th 1693. One will find details on this character in the work of Mr. Alexandre Thomas entitled: a province under Louis XIV.
May 22nd: Marriage of Henri of Savoy, younger brother of Charles-Amédée of Savoy, duke of Nemours with Marie of Orleans, girl of the duke of Longuveille, future duchess of duchess of Nemours. It takes in Nemours a " large fever while leaving the église". They spend the summer at the edge of the Oise.
May 23rd:

Day of fence of the Parliament of the clergy of 1655-1657.
Treated granting the handing-over by France of the maritime places of Flandres between the hands of the English. By this treaty, Mazarin promised with Cromwell, in exchange of its military support, to give to England the town of Dunkirk, once this one taken to the Spaniards. While waiting, the English could occupy Mardyck or Gravelines. By doing this, Mazarin did not hesitate to place catholic cities under the domination of a Protestant power. Beautiful occasion for Retz to nail Mazarin to vituperate, without stupid shame, against this machiavelic policy.

May 31st: Condé obliges Turenne to raise the seat of Cambrai.

Reflections of a doctor of Sorbonne on the Opinion delivered by Mgr the bishop of Alet, on the case suggested concerning the Subscription of the last Constitution of the pope Alexandre VII, and of the Form of the general Parliament of the Clergy of France. It acts of Nicolas Pavillon.
At the end of May: fragments of a nineteenth Letter addressed to the P. Ass .

June

Friday the 1st er June:

Letter of a lawyer at the Parliament with one of his/her friends, concerning the Enquiry which one wants to establish in France at the time of the new bubble of the pope Alexandre VII. (Pascal)
Bossuet seat with Faculty (2 janv. - 1st févr. June 1st - Sept. 1).

June 3rd: Died of William Harvey, the discoverer of the Blood circulation.
June 17th: Catch of Warsaw by the Swedes.
June 30th: Bossuet gives the the Second Panegyric of saint Paul , with the General hospital of Paris.

Frederic III of Denmark declares the war with the Sweden.
June-July: first edition in-12 Provincial of Pascal.

July

Saturday July 14th: Died of Éléonore-Catherine-Fébronie de Berg, duchess of Bubble.
July 21st:

Bossuet sermon the P anegyric of saint Victor , with the Saint-Victor abbey, Paris.
Letter of Mazarin to Fouquet enjoignant to him to make excuses with Miss. Basile Fouquet is carried out and will present his excuses fits with body some with Saint-Cloud.

July 27th: Departure of Miss of Saint-Cloud to go to sleep in Dammartin then for Rheims.
July 28th: Miss share of Dammartin, it is lost towards Tremblay and arrives late.

Stay one month of Miss to Saint-Cloud.
Be: Basile Fouquet takes the party of the countess of Fiesque against Miss.

August

Wednesday:

the Gazette of Renaudot (year 1657, No 98) speaks about the arrival coming from Sedan from Miss at the court: “ the first of this month (of August), the queen, accompanied by quantity of ladies, being in the meadow, Miss arrived there in fits with body, followed quantity of others, filled people of mark; and having put foot at ground, approached that of S. Mr., in which, after him to have returned its regards and receipt of it all possible testimonys of tenderness and affection, it took seat at Sadite Majesté, which led it to the castle, and each one having also returned with this princess civilities which are due for him, with marks of an extreme joy, it was led in the apartment which him avoit prepared, and still accepted there the visits of several people of quality. ”

After a stage with Fîmes, Miss is with Rheims, it has news of the knight of Charny.

August 2nd: Raised Miss with 3:00, 4 it heard the mass and 5, it is out of the city and share for Rethel.

August 3rd: Arrival with Vandy.

August 4th: Arrived of Miss, which early left the morning Vandy, at Stenay where is the queen.

August 5th: Miss goes to the mass of the queen then sees it. Cordial interview.

August 6th: Catch of Montmédy, the shortly after died of Malandry, its governor, in the presence of Louis XIV. Or 7.

August 8th: 2:00 of the afternoon, arrival of the king to Sedan His/her brother arrives after being pomponné. 8 according to Miss, 7 according to the Gazette.

August 9th: The cardinal comes to present its duties to Miss. Complicity goguenarde. Very friendly and courteous interview with the king. Miss sees also Mister.

August 10th: Miss goes to the queen the evening to announce its departure for Forges Sunday to him.

August 11th: Walk with horse with the king. Louis XIV appreciates the conversation of Miss which is interested in the horses and the soldier. Rocroi is threatened by the Spaniards what makes impossible the stage envisaged by Miss in Cassine.

August 12th: Departure of Sedan between 7 and 8:00, for Pontverger.

August 13rd: Arrival with Rheims as a large crew of Miss.

August 14th: Arrived at Fîmes.

August 15th: Miss remains in Fîmes for ours Dame August. She hears the mass with the abbey of Notre Dame whose Mrs. d' Elboeuf is abbess and who retains it to dine.

August 16th: To dine in the honor on Miss given by the marshal on Estrées. Miss passes the forest of Compiegne and places at the marchioness of Humières. To dine on Miss in Clermont.

August 17th: To dine and harms Beauvais in the bishop (Buzenval), of good reputation.

August 20th: Arrival of Miss in Forges?

August 23rd: Visit with Bussy of a trumpet of the prince of Condé at Bussy whereas it is useful under Turenne. Lenet prepares an interview between the two enemies.

Treated of Chirol, panoply of all kinds of taxes sold with financial by Fouquet.

September

At the beginning of September: Cosnac is of return in its diocese of Valence.

Saturday the 1st er September: Bossuet seat with Faculty (2 janv. - 1st févr. June 1st - Sept. 1).
September 6th: Setting with the Index of the Provincial of Pascal.
September 7th: Signature of the Traité of the Pyrenees with Spain, and back in favor of Condé, which puts Rochefoucauld more at ease with the court.
September 14th: Interview of Miss with the count de Béthune on a servant named the Tower.
September 15th: The Tower will see the count de Béthune.
September 16th: Departure of Miss of Forging mills. Béthune is full with bitterness.
September 17th: Arrived to one hour late of Miss to Saint-Denis, it comes from Forging mills and passed to Gisors where it saw Longueville.
September 18th: The duke of Guise comes to visit Miss and teaches him that it is reconciled with his sister.
September 26th: Miss arrives at Paris and settles in Luxembourg where it receives many visits, as well as the following day.

Fin of the carcass work heavy castings of Be worth.
Basile Fouquet tries to impose to the cardinal and on his brother one of his friends, Jacques Tillier in one of the two loads of general inspector. Tension with the cardinal .
At the end of September: Various Portraits , collection carried out on the initiative of Miss of Montpensier.
Fall:

Fouquet undertakes important work with Concarneau.
the duchess of duchess of Nemours leaves Creil for Paris, in order to join the court. Her husband remains in Creil by drinking ass's milk.

October

Wednesday October 3rd: Turenne takes Mardyck and, in accordance with the commitments entered into by France, gives this place to the English.
October 7th: " Miss having dined with the Valley-of-Grace, where étoient Misses de Guise, the duchess of Épernon, the countess of Béthune, and some other ladies, took the road of Chartres, for from there carrying on its way with Blois. " ( the Gazette ) It signs with Miss de Guise the purchase of the ground of Have. Then it leaves for Blois.
October 8th: Miss layer with Toury. It is accompanied by prince Charles of Lorraine, second wire of the duke François. It meets the queen of Sweden accompanied by Sentinelli and Monaldeschi (the first will carry out the second later one month). Interview which leaves Miss disappointed. They arrive together in the bishop of Orleans, Alphonse d' Elbène.
October 10th: Arrival with Fontainebleau of Christine of Sweden.
October 15th: Bossuet gives to the Panégyrique holy Therese to Metz.
October 17th: Departure of Miss of Blois to sleep with Amboise. She obtained to choose about her people. Its Guilloire secretary was approved by Mister.
October 18th: Miss layer in the archbishop with Turns. It renconre Mrs. Louise (Louison the former mistress of its father) and the abbess of Beaumont.
October 19th: Arrival of Miss in Champigny (very close to Richelieu). Champigny is a ground which belonged to his/her grandfather Montpensier.
October 27th: Arrived of Miss at Thouars where it is accommodated by the duke of the Famille of Trémoille and hundred gentlemen. She comes from Champigny.
October 29th:

Miss sets out again of Thouars for Champigny. It seems that she evaluates what is owe him by the family of Richelieu.
Fouquet buys, while being masked behind the marchioness of Assérac with Launay-Gringuenière, ordinary gentleman of Mazarin, the governments of Guérande and Croisic.

November

Thursday the 1st er November:

Bossuet sermon with Metz in front of the queen, in favor of the work of the Bubble, more known for their rebellions.
Miss goes at All Saints' day to Fontrevaud whose abbess is Jeanne-Baptist of Bourbon, aunt of Miss.

November 9th: Madam of Sévigné visit Christine of Sweden to Fontainebleau.
November 10th: Or 8? Christine of Sweden - arrival with Fontainebleau since October 10th - fact of putting at death, under its eyes, in the gallery with the Stags, its Monaldeschi Master of the Horse. Miss sees shortly after the queen of Sweden and nothing appears to with it.
November 11th: Saint Martin's day. Collation of Fouquet to Saint-Mandé. He receives the king and the cardinal.
November 30th: Miss receives Guilloire, her secretary, with whom she works 3 or 4 days to inform it. Miss says E last day of December, but this seems to be rather November.

November-December: Second edition in-12 Provincial of Pascal.

December

Saturday December 15th: Birth of Delalande.
December 15th: Died of Charlotte-Marie de Daillon, girl of Timoléon de Daillon, count of Lude, at the age of twenty and one years.
December 19th: The Parliament of Paris, in bed of justice, records the bubble AD sacram $petri sedem , which confirms Cum causes .
December 22nd: Arrival of Miss to Saint-Fargeau.
December 24th: Miss passes Christmas to Saint-Fargeau.
December 25th: Fatal accident of Alphonse Mancini, 12 year old boy, a " prodige" , according to Miss, which is victim of an accident while playing with its school-fellows of the college of the Jesuits of Clermont. It fell on the head because of an awkwardness of the abbot of Harcourt. Mazarin wanted to personally form it with great ambitions.
December 27th: Roughly, departure of Miss for Paris
December 31st: Arrived at Paris, late the evening, of Miss which comes from Blois. She places with the Palate of Orleans.

the Apology for the casuists against calumnies for the Jansenists for the P. Georges Pirot.
Portraits by Miss of the knight of Béthune, fact in the month of December 1657.
Fouquet makes record with the Parlement the bubble of the pope Alexandre VII condemning the Jansénisme.
At the end of December: Retz reappears on the political scene by publishing a vigorous lampoon against the foreign politics of Mazarin. II acts of the humble Très and very important remonstrance with the King on the handing-over of the maritime places of Flandres between the hands of the English , directed against the Franco-English treaty of May 23rd, 1657.

the year 1657 in the world
Chronology of France under Louis XIV (1643-1715)

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