1628 in France

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1628 in France was a year when King Louis XIII, with his chief minister Cardinal Richelieu, worked to strengthen royal authority. France continued its wars in Europe as part of the Thirty Years’ War and faced internal tensions with the Huguenots. The year’s major event was the fall of La Rochelle after a long siege, which ended the Huguenot fortress there and gave the crown greater control. This helped set the stage for more centralized government in the years to come.