1666 in France
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Events from the year 1666 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 January â French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrives in Dhaka, and meets Shaista Khan.
- 4 June â Molière's comedy The Misanthrope is premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, by the King's Players.[2]
- 22 December â The French Academy of Sciences, founded by the king, first meets.
- The Institution libre du Sacré-CÅur at Tourcoing is founded.
Births
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- 15 February â Claude-Ãlisée de Court de La Bruyère, naval officer (d. 1752)
- 18 June â Jeanne Delanoue, saint in the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1736)[3]
- 2 October â Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Duchess of La Vallière (d. 1739)
Full date unknown
- Léopold Durand, architect (d. 1746)
- Jean d'Estrées, priest and politician (d. 1718)[4]
- Philippe Grandjean, type engraver (d. 1714)
Deaths
- 20 January â Anne of Austria, Queen of France 1615-1643 (b. 1601)[5]
- 16 February â Jean de Lauson, governor (b. 1584)
- 26 February â Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, nobleman (b. 1629)
- 23 September â François Mansart, architect (b. 1598)[6]
- 23 September â Hannibal Sehested, Dano-Norwegian statesman and diplomat (b. 1609)[7]
- 3 November â Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne, politician (b. 1594)
Full date unknown
- Louis de La Forge, philosopher (b. 1632)
