1610 in France
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Events of the year 1610 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Henry IV (until 14 May), then Louis XIII
- Regent: Marie de' Medici (from 14 May)
Events
- 13 May: Marie de Medici was crowned Queen of France at the Basilica of St. Denis.[1]
- 14 May: Henry IV, King of France, is stabbed by François Ravaillac during a parade on behalf of the recent coronation of his wife.[2]
- 15 May: First Lit de justice of Louis XIII, Marie de Medici proclaimed regent of France.[3]
- October:Louis XIII is crowned King of France [4]
Births
- February 13 – Jean de Labadie, French mystic (d. 1674)
- April 1 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and writer (d. 1703)
- October 6 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
- December 18 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, philologist and historian (d.1688)
- Louis Maimbourg, French Jesuit and historian (d. 1686)
- François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (d. 1683)
- Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (d. 1688)
- Marie Meurdrac, chemist and alchemist (d. 1680)
Deaths
- May 14 – King Henry IV of France (assassinated) (b. 1553)
- May 27 – François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)