1666 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1666 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1666 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Louis XIV
Events
- 13 January – French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrives in Dhaka, and meets Shaista Khan
- 4 June – Molière's comedy The Misanthrope is premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, by the King's Players[1]
- 22 December – The French Academy of Sciences, founded by the king, first meets
- The Institution libre du Sacré-Cœur at Tourcoing is founded
Births
- 15 February – Claude-Élisée de Court de La Bruyère, naval officer (d. 1752)
- 18 June – Jeanne Delanoue, saint in the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1736).[2]
- 2 October – Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Duchess of La Vallière (d. 1739)
Full date missing
- Léopold Durand, architect (d. 1746)
- Jean d'Estrées, priest and politician (d. 1718).[3]
- Philippe Grandjean, type engraver (d. 1714)
Deaths
- 16 February – Jean de Lauson, governor (b. 1584)
- 26 February – Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, nobleman (b. 1629)
- 23 September – François Mansart, architect (b. 1598).[4]
- 23 September – Hannibal Sehested, Dano-Norwegian statesman and diplomat (b. 1609).[5]
- 3 November – Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne, politician (b. 1594)
Full date missing
- Louis de La Forge, philosopher (b. 1632)
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See also
References
- Frame, Donald M. The Misanthrope and Other Plays by Molière.
- "JeanneDelanoue (1666-1736)". vatican.va. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Jean d' ESTRÉES (1666-1718)". Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Bricka, Carl Frederik (1887–1905). "Hannibal Sehested". Dansk biografisk leksikon (in Danish). pp. 496–509. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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