1643 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Louis XIII (until 14 May);{{cite web |title=Louis XIII {{!}} king of France {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIII |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 June 2022 |language=en}} then Louis XIV{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=9 June 2022}}
- Regent: Anne of Austria (from 14 May){{cite web |title=Anne of Austria, Queen and Regent of France |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG17405 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=9 June 2022}}
Events
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- 14 May – Louis XIII dies, and Louis XIV becomes King of France.
- 19 May – Battle of Rocroi
Births
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- Jean Chapelain, traveler (died 1713){{cite encyclopedia |title=Chapelain, Jean |encyclopedia=Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon |volume=4 |year=1916 |edition=2 |editor=Blangstrup, Chr. |editor-link=Christian Blangstrup |publisher=J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel |location=Copenhagen |language=da |url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/4/0821.html |access-date=9 September 2015 }}
- Louis Moréri, priest and encyclopedist (died 1680)
- Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (died 1709)
Deaths
- 14 May – Louis XIII of France (born 1601)
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- Pierre Hérigone, mathematician and astronomer (born 1580)
- Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Catholic priest (born 1581)
- Henri Spondanus, jurist and historian (born 1568)
- Étienne de la Croix, Jesuit missionary and writer (born 1579)
See also
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