1642 in France
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Events of the year "1642 in France".
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIII
Events
- 11-12 June: Cinq-Mars conspiracy:
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, marquis de Cinq-Mars, personal favourite of the king of France, and Gaston, Duke of Orléans are plotting against Cardinal Richelieu, prime minister of France.[1][2]
- 9 September: Catalan Revolt: Perpignan conquered after a siege that took ten months.[3]
Deaths
- 12 August: Cinq-Mars is executed for High treason after having failed convincing Louis XIII of getting rid of Richelieu.[4]
- 4 December: Cardinal Richelieu dies.[5]
gollark: Interesting, so basically shares then.
gollark: I guess so. You could make it so that if both the owners tell it to it updates the splitting.
gollark: Sure. Although if you wanted to update the split you would have to set up an entirely new address, which is a problem.
gollark: You would give money to the script's address, and it would verifiably split it between two people.
gollark: I have to admit that this *would* be an interesting way to do multi-person-owned shops.
See also
References
- Moote, A. Lloyd: "Louis XIII, the Just", p. 286-289
- French Wikipedia site of that article
- Wikipedia page Charles de La Porte/ Wikipedia page Siege of Perpignan (1642)
- Moote, A. Lloyd: "Louis the Just", p. 289
- Die Zeit: "Lexikon der Geschichte", vol. 19, p. 194
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