The
Ranums'
Panat Times
Volume 1, redone Dec. 2014
Guise Activities, 1680
Return to list of activities, year by year
Note how Mme de Guise is often present a court ceremonies that conceivably involved commissions to Charpentier. It is for this reason that I have proposed that she tried to ingratiate Charpentier with the court by having him compose "gifts" for her royal cousins.
| January 26 | Marshal Luxembourg and two of his servants are arrested in Poison Affair. |
| February 3 | Rumors have been circulating that someone "at court" has been using poison. |
| February 27-March 18 | The court (Mme de Guise included) goes to Châlons to meet the Dauphine and attend the wedding there. Mme de Richelieu leaves Montmartre (where she has been serving Mme de Toscane) to become member of Dauphine's household. Mme de Guise remains at court. |
| April 11 | Roquette of Autun gives the funeral oration of Mme de Longueville at Great Carmel, as part of her Bout de l'An. |
| April | The most illustrious among the people arrested in the Poison Affair are released. |
| April 24 | Charpentier's tenebrae music is performed at the Abbaye-aux-Bois. |
| Early May | The king and the Dauphin and Dauphine attend mass at Montmartre. |
| May 10 | Great fete at Saint-Cloud to honor the Dauphin and the Dauphine. |
| May 13 | The Dauphine pays a visit to Montmartre. |
| June 14 | Mme de Guise is still in Paris, i.e., something has delayed her annual departure for Alençon. |
| June 27 | With the royal family, Mme de Guise participates in the Corpus Christi procession at Versailles. |
| July | Mme de Guise has gone to Alençon. |
| September-October | Mlle de Guise and her "Music" make a trip through Champagne. |
| September 24- mid October | The Dauphin has a continuous fever and a "dévoyement." |
| November 14 | First performance of Les Fous divertissants with music by Charpentier. |
| November 15 | Mme de Guise has just returned to Paris from Alençon and is on her way to court. |
| December 5 (?) | The queen lunches at the Hôtel de Guise. |
| December | The Dauphin has yet another relapse, then finally recovers his health. |