1669 in France

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See also:	History of France Timeline of French history List of years in France

Events from the year 1669 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• The Paris Opera was founded
• The École des Jeunes de langues was founded
• The Régiment Royal–La Marine was established

Births

• 17 August – Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière, Protestant minister (d. 1742)

Full date unknown

• Charles d'Agar, painter (d. 1723)
• Jacques Bouillart, Benedictine monk (d. 1726)
• Philip Bouquett, linguist (d. 1748)^[2]
• Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, churchman and diplomat (d. 1736)

Deaths

Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme

• 18 March – Gilles Boileau, translator (b. 1631)
• 6 August – Louis, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1612)
• 8 September – Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme (b. 1592)
• 10 September – Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1609)^[3]
• 29 December – Marin Cureau de la Chambre, physician and philosopher (b. 1594)

Full date unknown

• Pierre Affre, sculptor (b. 1509)^[4]
• François Anguier, sculptor (born c.1604)^[5]

See also

References

1. "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. "Bouquet, Philip (BKT689P)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "Henrietta Maria | queen consort of England | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. Bourdieu-Weiss, Catherine (2001). "Pierre Affre, sculpteur toulousain du XVIIe siècle : aspects méconnus de sa vie". Dix-septième siècle. 211 (2): 215–231. doi:10.3917/dss.012.0215. Retrieved March 27, 2016 – via Cairn.info.
5. "François and Michel Anguier" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), 1878, p. 46