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The founding of the Gazette — The first issue, on 30 May 1631, of Théophraste Renaudot’s weekly
A physician from Loudun, protected by Richelieu and Père Joseph, published on 30 May 1631 a weekly sheet of news, and obtained in October the privilege that made it the kingdom’s only newspaper. The cardinal, and sometimes the king, wrote in it unsigned. It appeared until 1915. (Editorial synthesis)
The founding of the Gazette took place on 30 May 1631. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis and Ville de Paris)
The founding of the Gazette took place in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
The founding of the Gazette ended in a weekly of news under royal privilege, the kingdom’s only authorised newspaper. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
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