1622 in France

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Events from the year 1622 in France.

Incumbents

April 16 – Huguenot rebellions: Blockade of La Rochelle ends in royal victory.
May – Huguenot rebellions: siege of Royan – The Huguenot city of Royan is taken by royal forces after a 6-day siege.
June 11 – Huguenot rebellions: siege of Nègrepelisse – The Huguenot city of Nègrepelisse is taken by royal forces after a short siege by royal forces; the entire population is subsequently massacred and the city burned to the ground.
July 22 – Huguenot rebellions: siege of Montpellier begins.
October 18 – Treaty of Montpellier signed, ending the siege of Montpellier and the first of the Huguenot rebellions.^[2]
October 27 – Huguenot rebellions: The inconclusive Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré is fought between the Huguenot fleet of La Rochelle, commanded by Jean Guiton, and a royal fleet under the command of Charles, Duke of Guise.
Compagnie Ordinaire de la Mer established by Cardinal Richelieu.
Musketeers of the Guard established.
"Rosicrucianism furor" breaks out in Paris.^[3]

January 15 (bapt.) – Molière, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, playwright (died 1673)
January 28 – Adrien Auzout, astronomer (died 1691)
February 18 – Thomas Regnaudin, sculptor (died 1706)
May 9 – Jean Pecquet, anatomist (died 1674)
May 22 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (died 1698)
June 6 – Claude-Jean Allouez, Jesuit missionary and explorer of North America (died 1689)
September 22 – Jacques Savary, merchant and economist (died 1690)

January 9 – Alix Le Clerc, canoness regular, foundress and blessed (born 1576)
April 14 – Antoine de Gaudier, Jesuit theologian (born 1572)
September 7 – Denis Godefroy, lawyer (born 1549)
September 14 – Alof de Wignacourt, 54th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1547)
November 17 – Pierre Biard, settler, Jesuit missionary (born 1567)
December 28 – Francis de Sales, Catholic Bishop of Geneva (born 1567 in the Duchy of Savoy)
Dominique Barrière, painter and engraver (died 1678)

^ Sturdy, David (14 March 2017). Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-350-31732-1.
^ Clarke, Jack A. (2013). Huguenot Warrior: The Life and Times of Henri de Rohan, 1579–1638. Springer. ISBN 978-94-017-1798-4.
^ Sédir, Paul (1972). Les Rose-Croix. Paris. pp. 65–66.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)