1651 in France

Events from the year 1651 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV
 * Regent – Anne of Austria (until 7 September)

Events

 * The Lycée Stendhal was founded
 * Château de Maisons was completed

Births



 * 26 February – Jean Beausire, architect, engineer and fountain-maker (d. 1743)
 * 30 April –Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, priest and educational reformer (d. 1719)
 * 27 May – Louis Antoine de Noailles, bishop and cardinal (d. 1729)
 * 4 July – Honoratus a Sancta Maria, controversialist (d. 1729).
 * 6 August – François Fénelon, Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer (d. 1715)
 * 1 November – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, politician (d. 1690)

Full date missing

 * Frère Jacques Beaulieu, urologist (d. 1720)
 * Magdelaine Chapelain, fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1724)
 * Jean-François Lalouette, composer (d. 1728)
 * Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, military officer and governor (d. 1705)
 * Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé, army commander (d. 1701)
 * Guy Tachard, Jesuit missionary and mathematician (d. 1712)

Deaths

 * 8 July – Charlotte des Essarts, noblewoman (b. between 1580 and 1588)
 * 23 August Jacques-Philippe Cornut, physician and botanist (b. 1606)

Full date missing

 * Angélique Paulet, précieuse, singer and lute-playing musician (b. 1592)
 * Catherine Arnauld, religious figure (b. 1590)
 * François II de Beauharnais, politician
 * Jacqueline de Bueil, noblewoman (b. 1588)