1602 in France
Events from the year 1602 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- January 26: Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully becomes the governor of the Bastille.
- June 14: Charles de Gontaut-Biron is arrested for Treason
- July 15: Claude de La Trémoille sells the Château de Sully-sur-Loire to Maximilien de Béthune
- July 31: Charles de Gontaut-Biron is executed on the Bastille
Births
- January 31 – Adam Billaut, poet, carpenter
- February 2 – Jeanne des Anges, Ursuline nun in Loudun
- March 18 – Jacques de Billy, Jesuit mathematician
- May 26 – Philippe de Champaigne, painter
- July 8 – François Perrochel, cleric
- July 14 – Cardinal Mazarin, statesman
- August 10 - Gilles de Roberval, mathematician
- November 17 – Agnes of Jesus, Catholic nun
Full date missing
- Charles Raymbault, Jesuit missionary
- Françoise-Marie Jacquelin
- Caesar, duc de Choiseul, marshal and diplomat
- Antoine de l'Age, duc de Puylaurens, courtier
Deaths
- January – Claude Fauchet, French historian
- January 10 - Daniel Tossanus, theologian
- February 19 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, soldier
- July 31 - Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, soldier
- September 14 - Jean Passerat, political satirist and poet
- October 13 – Franciscus Junius, theologian
- October 30 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, poet
- November 22 - Toussaint Dubreuil, painter