Events from the year 1655 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1655 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 14 February – Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, churchman (died 1707)
- 30 September – Charles III, Prince of Guéméné, nobleman (died 1727)
- 4 October – Lothar Franz von Schönborn, archbishop (died 1729)
Deaths
- 27 February – Henri Chabot, nobleman (born 1616)
- 6 April – David Blondel, clergyman, historian and classical scholar (born 1591)
- 28 July – Cyrano de Bergerac, novelist and playwright, (born 1619)[2]
- 7 September – François Tristan l'Hermite, dramatist (born c.1601)
- 24 October – Pierre Gassendi, philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer and mathematician (born 1592)