1622 in France
# 1622 in France

Events from the year 1622 in France.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Louis XIII

## Events

* April 16 – Huguenot rebellions: Blockade of La Rochelle ends in royal victory.
* May – Huguenot rebellions: siege of Royan – The Huguenot city of Royan is taken by royal forces after a 6-day siege.
* June 11 – Huguenot rebellions: siege of Nègrepelisse – The Huguenot city of Nègrepelisse is taken by royal forces after a short siege by royal forces; the entire population is subsequently massacred and the city burned to the ground.
* July 22 – Huguenot rebellions: siege of Montpellier begins.
* October 18 – Treaty of Montpellier signed, ending the siege of Montpellier and the first of the Huguenot rebellions.
* October 27 – Huguenot rebellions: The inconclusive Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré is fought between the Huguenot fleet of La Rochelle, commanded by Jean Guiton, and a royal fleet under the command of Charles, Duke of Guise.
* Compagnie Ordinaire de la Mer established by Cardinal Richelieu.
* Musketeers of the Guard established.
* "Rosicrucianism furor" breaks out in Paris.

## Births

* January 15 (bapt.) – Molière, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, playwright (died 1673)
* January 28 – Adrien Auzout, astronomer (died 1691)
* February 18 – Thomas Regnaudin, sculptor (died 1706)
* May 9 – Jean Pecquet, anatomist (died 1674)
* May 22 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (died 1698)
* June 6 – Claude-Jean Allouez, Jesuit missionary and explorer of North America (died 1689)
* September 22 – Jacques Savary, merchant and economist (died 1690)

## Deaths

* January 9 – Alix Le Clerc, canoness regular, foundress and blessed (born 1576)
* April 14 – Antoine de Gaudier, Jesuit theologian (born 1572)
* September 7 – Denis Godefroy, lawyer (born 1549)
* September 14 – Alof de Wignacourt, 54th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1547)
* November 17 – Pierre Biard, settler, Jesuit missionary (born 1567)
* December 28 – Francis de Sales, Catholic Bishop of Geneva (born 1567 in the Duchy of Savoy)
* Dominique Barrière, painter and engraver (died 1678)
