Events from the year 1655 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- The French army under Turenne took Landrecies after a siege in 14 July, and the towns of Condé and Saint-Ghislain, on 18 and 25 August.[2]
Births
edit- 14 February – Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, churchman (died 1707)
- 30 September – Charles III, Prince of Guéméné, nobleman (died 1727)
- 4 October – Lothar Franz von Schönborn, archbishop (died 1729)
Deaths
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- 27 February – Henri Chabot, nobleman (born 1616)
- 6 April – David Blondel, clergyman, historian and classical scholar (born 1591)
- 28 July – Cyrano de Bergerac, novelist and playwright, (born 1619)[2]
- 7 September – François Tristan l'Hermite, dramatist (born c.1601)
- 24 October – Pierre Gassendi, philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born 1592)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ a b Israel, Johnathan Irvine (1997). Conflicts of Empires: Spain, the Low Countries and the struggle for World Supremacy 1585-1713. Hambledon. ISBN 9781852851613.
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