1695 in France
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Events from the year 1695 in France.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- August 13–15 – Nine Years' War: Bombardment of Brussels by French troops.
- September 1 – Nine Years' War: France surrenders Namur in the Spanish Netherlands to forces of the Grand Alliance led by King William III of England following the 2-month Siege of Namur.[2]
Births[edit]
- May 2 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- May 3 – Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- August 26 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, singer and composer (d. 1793)[3]
Deaths[edit]
- January 4 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
- April 13 – Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
- June 11 – André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- November 16 – Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- December 8 – Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 287. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1996). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London: Macmillan. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-33351-598-3.