| January 7 |
Marguerite de Harlay, Chanvallon's sister,
is named abbess of Port-Royal |
| January 8 |
The Duke of Chaulnes's sister, the new
abbess of the Abbaye-aux-Bois, is consecrated by Archbishop Harlay de
Chanvallon. |
| January |
The German musicians sing with
the royal violins and appear in an opera. |
| January |
The weather is unusually cold and
snowy. |
| January 21 |
Louis XIV is informed that the
Elector of Bavaria (the Dauphine's brother) has married the Emperor's
daughter, and the king delays acknowledging this wedding which is
disadvantageous to France. |
| February 20 |
An inventory is made of Jean Edouard's
property, but Marc-Antoine Charpentier is not present (although he
participated in a family conference a few days earlier and signed a
document). |
| March |
Marguerite de Harlay is
consecrated as abbess of Port-Royal |
| March 3 |
First
performance of Le Rendez-vous des Thuileries, with music by
Charpentier. |
| March |
Now only three Bavarian musicians remain
at court. |
| April 13 |
The "Appartements" end for the season. |
| May |
Having spent the winter at
court, Mme de Guise leaves for Alençon. |
| June 20 |
The Theatines create a "devotion for the
dead" as at Roman oratories, and they name Lorenzani to be their music
master. |
| July |
Elisabeth Jacquet's "opera" is sung for
the Dauphin. |
| Late July |
Monsieur has a "grand régal" at
Saint-Cloud, and an opera is performed. |
| July |
The Hotel of the Enfant Jésus
expands. |
| August |
Mlle de Guise sells her duchy to a
Lorraine d'Harcourt, with the right to buy it back. |
| August |
The Duke of Richelieu is having a model
made of his statue of Louis XIV and is preparing a fete for his country
house at Rueil. |
| August 18 |
The Bavarian musicians return home with a
lot of musical manuscripts in their baggage. |
| September 3 |
Louis XIV announces his intention to go
immediately to Chambord, so Richelieu's "Feste de Ruel"
is "rompue." |
| September 13 |
Mlle de Guise founds, at Montmartre, a
mass for the Virgin to be held every
Saturday. |
| September 23 |
First performance
of Les Amours de Vénus et
d'Adonis with music by
Charpentier. |
| Early October |
The Bavarian envoy is finally received by
Louis XIV, after which Louis dispatches Bellefonds to congratulate the
bridegroom (but only in his sister's name). |
| October |
Elisabeth Mallier-Bailleul's grandson has
been converting Protestants forcibly in the South. |
| November 12 |
Goibault du Bois's translation of
Augustine on conversion, and his "discours,"
are being sent to the musicians of the Grand Duke of Florence, along with a
"libretto." |
| December 8 |
"All of Alençon is now Catholic," the
Protestants having converted in October. |
