1637 in France

Events from the year 1637 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIII

Births



 * 16 April – Johan Vibe, military officer and engineer, Governor-general of Norway (d. 1710)

Full date missing

 * Nicolas Catinat, Marshal of France (died 1712)
 * Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary (died 1675)

Full date missing

 * Philippe Habert, poet (born 1604)
 * Augustin de Beaulieu, general (born 1589)
 * Guillaume Courtet, Dominican priest, martyr (born 1589)
 * Charles d'Ambleville, composer
 * Henri de Bailly, composer

New books published

 * René Descartes (1596-1650),  Discourse on the Method .