1631 in France
Events from the year 1631 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 23 January - Thirty Years' War: France and Sweden sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden to maintain an army campaign against northern Germany.
- 30 January - Gaston, Duke of Orléans, breaks with Cardinal Richelieu and leaves the court.
- 3–4 February - Riots in Paris against wine tax and a rise in the price of bread.
- 23 February - Marie de' Medici is exiled to Compiègne.
- 30 March - The king at Dijon accuses accomplices of Gaston of Orléans of lèse-majesté.
- 6 April - War of the Mantuan Succession is ended by the Treaty of Cherasco by which France renounces its conquests in Italy but in fact by secret agreement retains Pinerolo.
- 23 May - Procession in Nice seeking relief from plague.
- 30 May
- *Thirty Years' War: France and Bavaria sign the Treaty of Fontainebleau, forming a secret alliance; this is largely negated by autumn.
- *La Gazette, the first French newspaper, is founded by Théophraste Renaudot.
- * Gaston of Orléans issues at Nancy a manifesto against Richelieu.
- 14 June - The king at Saint-Germain-en-Laye establishes an extraordinary Chambre de justice to try crimes of counterfeit money.
- 4 July - 400 Piedmontais raise the garrison of the castle of Nice, which is almost destroyed.
- 18 July - Marie de' Medici leaves for the Low Countries.
- 5 August - Gaston of Orléans joins Marie de' Medici in Brussels.
- 1 September–10 October - National Synod of Charenton of the Protestant Reformed Church of France at Charenton-le-Pont.
- 4 September - Richelieu is granted the dignity of duc et pair. The following day, he is received by the Parlement of Paris.
- 16 September - The king names Richelieu as Governor of Brittany.
- Full date missing - Franco-Moroccan Treaty signed.
Births
- 16 March - René Le Bossu, critic
- 28 May - Louis André, priest, missionary and translator
- 1 October
- *Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais
- *Eugene Maximilian, Prince of Hornes
- 22 October - Gilles Boileau, translator
- 30 October - Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer
- 24 December - Gabrielle Suchon, Catholic moral philosopher and feminist
- Full date missing - Germain Audran, engraver
Deaths
- 26 October - Catherine de Parthenay, noblewoman and mathematician
- 29 November - Edmond Richer, theologian