Events from the year 1624 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XIII
Events Winter – The Rhône and the vineyards of Languedoc freeze. 2 January – Disgrace of Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery and Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery. 6 January – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Keeper of the Seals of France. 29 April – Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu to the Conseil du Roi (Royal Council). May – Croquant rebellions in Quercy, suppressed on 7 June by Marshal de Thémines. 10 June – Treaty of Compiègne is signed between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic. 13 August – Cardinal Richelieu is appointed by Louis XIII to be his chief minister, having intrigued against Charles de La Vieuville, Superintendent of Finances, arrested for corruption the previous day. 3 October – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Grand Chancellor of France. 21 October – Edict of Saint-Germain-en-Laye establishes a Chamber of Justice for the investigation of financial abuse and embezzlement in government. 26 November – French troops under the Marquis de Ceuvre set out to occupy the forts of Valtellina. 6–10 December – Treaties with Venice and the Duke of Savoy over Valtellina. The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge. The Parlement passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle, on pain of death. Congregation of the Mission settles in the Collège des Bons Enfants in Paris. French colonial empire: Coastal trading settlements established in French Guiana and Senegal.
Births 16 January – Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (died 1679) 21 March – François Roberday, baroque organist and composer (died 1680) 31 March – Antoine Pagi, ecclesiastical historian (died 1699) 11 June – Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706) 22 August – Jean Regnault de Segrais, poet and novelist born (died 1701) 25 August – François de la Chaise, churchman (died 1709) 30 October – Paul Pellisson, historian (died 1693) 3 November – Jean II d'Estrées, noble (died 1707) 28 November – Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly, Jansenist nun (died 1684) Unknown date Louise de Prie, royal governess (died 1709) 1624 or 1625 – Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (died 1681) Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire, French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet (died 1702)
Deaths 31 July – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, "the Good" (born 1563) 25 September – Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (born 1558)
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