page_title: Timeline of Paris
section_title: The Paris of Henry IV and Louis XIII
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Paris / 17th century / The Paris of Henry IV and Louis XIII
caption_attribution_description: Grafik aus dem Klebeband Nr. 15 der Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek Arolsen Motiv: "Dessin des pompes et magnificences du Carousel faict en la place royalle à Paris le V. VI. VII. d'Aprvil 1612" Festlichkeiten zur Einweihung der Place Royale (heute Place des Vosges), 5.–7. April 1612, anlässlich der Doppelhochzeit von König Ludwig XIII. mit Anna von Österreich (1601–1666) und der Schwester des Königs, Elisabeth, mit dem künftigen König Philipp IV. von Spanien Beschreibung: File:Arolsen Klebeband 15 363.jpg
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Paris, France.
context_section_description: 1600
  28 September – New statutes of the University of Paris published which increase royal authority and reduce power of students.
  1602
  Tapestry weavers from Brussels introduce Flemish techniques at what later became the Gobelins Manufactory.
  2 January – Construction begins La Samaritaine, a giant pump, located at the Pont Neuf, to raise drinking water from the Seine and to irrigate the Tuileries gardens. It began working 3 October 1608. A department store of the same name is built next to the site of the pump in the 19th century.
  12 November – Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully becomes superintendent of buildings to Henry IV, and is put in charge of the works of the Louvre and Tuileries Palace.
  1603
  20 June – King Henry IV crosses the Pont Neuf to inaugurate the bridge, though work is not finished until July 1606. It is the first Paris bridge with sidewalks and without buildings  
  1604
  29 June – Convent of the Capucines founded on rue Saint-Honoré.
  1605
  City Hall rebuilt.
  July – Henry IV signs letters patent ordering construction of Place Royale (now Place des Vosges), the first residential square in Paris, on the site of the former park of the royal Hôtel des Tournelles. It is completed in 1612.
  1606
  1 August – Royal authorization given to build a Protestant church at Charenton.
  Workshop created within the Louvre to make tapestries of silk, "in the Persian and Turkish fashion".
  1607
  6 February – Opening of rue Dauphine, followed shortly by rue Christine and rue d'Anjou Dauphine (now Rue de Nesle), in honor of Henry IV's third son, Gaston de France, the Dauphin, bearing the title of duc d'Anjou.
  28 May – Approval given for creation of Place Dauphine, on the site of the old royal gardens on Île de la Cité.
  1608
  1 January – Inauguration of the galerie du bord-de-l'eau of the Louvre, connecting the Louvre with the Tuileries Palace. 
  1610
  14 May – Assassination of Henry IV by Ravaillac on Rue de la Ferronnerie, while the King's carriage is caught in a traffic jam.
  18 August – First stone placed of the Collège Royal, later the Collège de France.
  1611
  18 September – Placing of the first stone for the Church of the Minimes on the Place Royale (later Place des Vosges). 
  1612
  5–7 April – Celebration of the wedding contract between Louis XIII and Anne of Austria and inauguration of the Place Royale, with the famous Ballet équestre du Carrousel taking place within the Place Royale.
  1614
  19 April – Contract signed to create the Île Saint-Louis by combining two small islands, the Île aux Vaches and Île Notre-Dame, and building a new bridge, the Pont Marie, to the Right Bank. The work was finished in 1635.
  1615
  2 April – Construction begins of the Luxembourg Palace and gardens by Marie de' Medici, widow of Henry IV. It was completed in 1621.
  1616
  30 January – A major flood washes away the Pont Saint-Michel and damages the Pont aux Changeurs.
  24 July – King Louis XIII places the first stone of the façade of the church of Saint-Gervais. Work of the architect Salomon de Brosse, the façade was finished in 1621.
  24 April – Concini, Minister of King Louis XIII and favorite the Queen Mother, Marie de' Medici, is murdered on the entry bridge of the Louvre, probably on Louis XIII's orders; Marie de' Medici is exiled to Blois.
  1617
  22 October – Letters of patent given for three companies of chair bearers, the first organized public transport within the city.
  1618
  June – Authority over printers, bookbinders and book stores is transferred from the Church to secular authorities.
  1619
  27 July – first stone placed for the convent of the Trinity of the order of the reformed Petits Augustins, on the site of the modern École des beaux-arts. 
  1620
  Opening of the first Pont de la Tournelle, made of wood. The bridge was destroyed by blocks of ice floating on the river in 1637 and 1651 and rebuilt in stone in 1654.
  1621
  26 September – The Protestant temple at Charenton is burned by a Catholic mob, after the news of the death of Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne fighting the Protestants in the unsuccessful Siege of Montauban.
  23 October – Both the Pont 
caption: The famous Carrousel Le roman des chevaliers de la gloire, a major celebration at the inauguration of the Place Royale, now Place des Vosges, (1612). (Oil on wood, Polish school, 17th century, Carnavalet museum, Paris.)
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "2946", "Image ImageLength": "2247", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2014:10:13 09:22:16", "Image ExifOffset": "232", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "382", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "9375", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2946", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2247"}