1623 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIII

Events

• February - France, Savoy, and Venice sign the Treaty of Paris, agreeing to cooperate in removing Spanish forces from the strategic Alpine pass of Valtelline.

Births

• 30 April - François de Laval, first bishop of New France
• 19 June - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher

Deaths

• 25 March - Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon