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)
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