Een tijdlijn van de Franse Zeventiende Eeuw

• 1610 Henry IV assasinated and succeeded by Louis XIII (9 years old)
• 1618 Richelieu ordered into exile for plotting with Maria de Medici
• 1620 The French nobles revolt against Louis XIII.
• 1621 The Dutch West India Company is chartered.
• 1622 The rebellion of the Huguenots ends with the Treaty of Montpellier. The Protestant Hugenots will continue to suffer in France. Richelieu recalled by Louis XIII and made cardinal
• 1624 Cardinal Richelieu is made Louis XIII's First Minister.

• 1626 Richelieu puts down the Chalais Conspiracy and concentrates all political power in his hands.
• 1633 Galileo is forced by the Inquisition to recant his heretical ideas. Rome will not admit its mistake for over 350 years.
• 1635 The French Academy is founded by Cardinal Richelieu. It is an attempt to purify from foreign influences the language and literature of France.
• 1642 Richelieu dies and his power is transferred to Cardinal Mazarin.

• 1643 Louis XIII of France dies. He is succeeded by his son, Louis XIV. He is too young at the age of 5 to rule and the real power will be held by Cardinal Mazarin.
• 1644 The English Queen, Henrietta Maria flees to France.
• 1648 The Peace of Westphalia concludeds the Thrity Years' War. Spanish power in Europe is now at an end.
• 1654 Louis XIV's coronation as King of France.

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