Jean Ogier de Gombauld (1576 – 1666) was a French playwright and poet. Gombauld was born in

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, France and was a

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. He was one of the original members of the

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Works (selection)

* 1624: ''L'Endimion'' *

1631 Events January–March * January 23 – Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany. * February 5 &ndas ...

: ''L'Amaranthe, pastorale'' * 1646: ''Poésies'' *

1658 Events January–March * January 13 – Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in the Tower of London. * January 30 – The " March Across the Belts" (''Tåget över Bält''), Sweden's use of winter w ...

: '' Épigrammes'' *

1647 Events January–March * January 2 – Chinese bandit leader Zhang Xianzhong, who has ruled the Sichuan province since 1644, is killed at Xichong County, Xichong by a Qing archer, after having been betrayed by one of his officer ...

: ''Lettres'' *

: ''Les Danaïdes, tragédie'' * 1667: ''Traitez et Lettres touchant la religion''

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* 1576 births 1666 deaths People from the County of Saintonge Huguenots 17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 16th-century French novelists 16th-century French male writers 17th-century French novelists 16th-century French poets 17th-century French poets Members of the French Academy of Sciences 17th-century French male writers French male poets {{France-poet-stub