17TH CENTURY

17th century[edit]

Year	Date	Event
1610	14 May	King Henry IV died, by assassination Francois Ravaillac. He was succeeded by his eldest son Louis XIII, with de' Medici ruling as regent.
1617		Sixteen-year-old Louis exiled his mother and took control of the government.
1624	August	Louis took Cardinal Richelieu, as his chief minister.
1643	14 May	Louis died. His five-year-old son Louis XIV succeeded him. Cardinal Mazarin became regent.
1648	August	Fronde: Cardinal Mazarin ordered the arrest of the leaders of the parlement of Paris, which provoked widespread rioting.
	24 October	Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Westphalia ended the war with France obtaining the better bargain, and annexing eastern territories.
1659		Franco-Spanish War: Victorious France signs the Treaty of the Pyrenees with Spain and annexes northern Catalonia and French Flanders. The war confirms France as the dominant continental power and Bourbon strength over the Habsburgs.
1668	2 May	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: end of the War of Devolution. France obtains Lille and other territories of Flanders from Spain.
1678		Treaties of Nijmegen: A series of treaties ending the Franco-Dutch war. France obtains the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flandersand Hainaut (from Spain).
1684	15 August	Truce of Ratisbon: End of the War of the Reunions. France obtains further territories in the north-west from Spain.
1697	20 September	Treaty of Ryswick: End of the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance. Territorial changes were made in Europe and the colonial empires of the countries involved.