| January 5 |
Mme de Guise is in Paris for a few days. |
| Early January |
It is so cold! Mme de Guise has gone to
Versailles by January 13. |
| February 3 |
Mme de Guise is back at the Luxembourg and
goes on retreat for a few days. |
| February |
Signature of peace treaty with Spain. |
| February 24 |
Mme de Guise is in Paris and is
entertaining frequently. |
| March 3 |
Sung mass at abbey of
Charonne in memory of Gaston d'Orléans. |
| March 20 |
Pinon du Martroy, a relative of the Guise
Charpentiers and a correspondent of the rich Charpentiers of Meaux, is
implicated in the Poison Affair. |
| Spring |
Earliest mention of the
Dauphin's musicians, the Pièches, in Charpentier's notebooks. |
| March 3-April 7 |
Mme de Guise is at court. |
| April 16 |
Roquette of Autun presides over Mme de
Longueville's funeral at the Great Carmel. |
| April 28 |
Mme de Guise is in Paris. |
| early May |
Mme de Guise leaves for Alençon. |
| May |
Mlle de Guise promises Roger de Gagnières
that the names of the "poor prisoners" will be kept secret. |
| May 12 |
Fete at Saint-Cloud for Spanish marriage. |
| June |
Sacre of Noailles, Sevin's successor to
the bishopric of Cahors, at the abbaye of Saint Antoine. |
| June 9 |
Revival of Le
Sicilien with music by Charpentier. |
| June 21 |
Roquette, bishop of Autun, receives his
pallium at the Great Carmel. |
| July 11 |
Revival of Le Dépit
amoureux with music by Charpentier. |
| Summer |
The Poison Affair leads to numerous
executions. |
| August 25 |
St Louis's Day:
Pierre Le Brun offers the king a sung mass, with a "symphonie" by
Charpentier. |
| September |
Monsieur's daughter marries king of Spain
by proxy. Festivities at Fontainebleau. |
| October 7 |
François Chaperon is named music master of
Sainte-Chapelle. |
| October |
Arrests in Poison Affair now are being
made in the Le Ragois milieu. |
| October 17 |
Revival of L'Inconnu:
Charpentier adapts music he had composed in 1678 for Riants. |
| December 10 |
Mme de Guise is at court. |
| December |
The king has asked Lorenzani to go to
Italy and find five castrati. |
