1607 in France

Events from the year 1607 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry IV

Events

• Pont Neuf inaugurated in Paris
• The rule of Andorra passes jointly to the king of France and the Bishop of Urgell
• 20 December – "Great Winter", 3 months of harsh weather, begins

Births

• 10 January – Isaac Jogues, Jesuit priest and missionary (died 1646)
• 24 June – Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, member of the Conseil d'État (died 1691)
• 10 July – Philippe Labbe, Jesuit writer (died 1667)
• 12 July – Jean Petitot, painter (died 1691).
• between 31 October and 6 December – Pierre de Fermat, mathematician (died 1665)
• 15 November – Madeleine de Scudéry, writer (died 1701)
• Full date missing – Étienne de Flacourt, governor of Madagascar (died 1660)

Deaths

• 15 April – César de Bus, priest (born 1544)
• 17 May 17 – Anna d'Este, princess (born 1531)
• 5 September – Pomponne de Bellièvre, politician (born 1529)
• 7 or 9 September – Pomponne de Bellièvre, statesman (born 1529)

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