1624 in France

Events from the year 1624 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Louis XIII

Events

 * Winter – The Rhône and the vineyards of Languedoc freeze.
 * 2 January – Disgrace of Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery and Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery.
 * 6 January – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Keeper of the Seals of France.
 * 29 April – Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu to the Conseil du Roi (Royal Council).
 * May – Croquant rebellions in Quercy, suppressed on 7 June by Marshal de Thémines.
 * 10 June – Treaty of Compiègne is signed between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic.
 * 13 August – Cardinal Richelieu is appointed by Louis XIII to be his chief minister, having intrigued against Charles de La Vieuville, Superintendent of Finances, arrested for corruption the previous day.
 * 3 October – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Grand Chancellor of France.
 * 21 October – Edict of Saint-Germain-en-Laye establishes a Chamber of Justice for the investigation of financial abuse and embezzlement in government.
 * 26 November – French troops under the Marquis de Ceuvre set out to occupy the forts of Valtellina.
 * 6–10 December – Treaties with Venice and the Duke of Savoy over Valtellina.
 * The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge.
 * The Parlement passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle, on pain of death.
 * Congregation of the Mission settles in the Collège des Bons Enfants in Paris.
 * French colonial empire: Coastal trading settlements established in French Guiana and Senegal.

Births

 * 16 January – Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (died 1679)
 * 21 March – François Roberday, baroque organist and composer (died 1680)
 * 31 March – Antoine Pagi, ecclesiastical historian (died 1699)
 * 11 June – Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706)
 * 22 August – Jean Regnault de Segrais, poet and novelist born (died 1701)
 * 25 August – François de la Chaise, churchman (died 1709)
 * 30 October – Paul Pellisson, historian (died 1693)
 * 3 November – Jean II d'Estrées, noble (died 1707)
 * 28 November – Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly, Jansenist nun (died 1684)
 * Unknown date


 * Louise de Prie, royal governess (died 1709)
 * 1624 or 1625 – Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (died 1681)
 * Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire, French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet (died 1702)

Deaths

 * 31 July – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, "the Good" (born 1563)
 * 25 September – Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (born 1558)