First Newspaper in France
1631
The royal physician Theophraste Renaudot, with Richelieu's backing, began publishing La Gazette in Paris, a weekly four-page newsheet that mixed court notices, foreign news, and royal propaganda. Louis XIII and Richelieu sometimes wrote items themselves. Continental journalism had begun as an extension of absolute monarchy, and the line between news and state messaging would remain blurred for centuries.
In context
Also in 1631 (3 other events on record)
- Battle of Breitenfeld · Europe · War
- Mumtaz Mahal Dies · South Asia · Culture
- Sack of Magdeburg · Europe · War
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Culture
- Before: 1625: Hals Paints the Laughing Cavalier
- After: 1632: Taj Mahal Begun
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.