1632 in France
Events from the year 1632 in France.Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIII
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- March 29 - The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- July 23 - Three hundred colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
- September 1 - A rebellion against French king Louis XIII is crushed at the Battle of Castelnaudary. The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.
- September 9 - Thirty Years' War - Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attempts to break the siege, but is defeated in the Battle of the Alte Veste.
Births
- January 1 - Claude de Choiseul-Francières, a Marshal of France
- February 12 - Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, businessman active in Canada
- May 3 - Catherine of St. Augustine, nun and nurse of New France
- June 10 - Esprit Fléchier, writer and Bishop of Nîmes
- June 14 - Jean Gallois, scholar and abbé
- August 13 - François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, ecclesiastic
- August 20 - Louis Bourdaloue, Jesuit preacher
- September 12 - Claude Lefèbvre, painter and engraver
- September 15 - Comte de Grignan, aristocrat
Deaths
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- October 30 - Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc
