1674 in France
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Events from the year 1674 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- August 11 â Battle of Seneffe: The French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeats the DutchâSpanishâAustrian army under William III of Orange.
- December 4 â Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Confederation (which will in time grow into the city of Chicago).
Births
- January 15 â Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
- August 2 â Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France (d. 1723)
Deaths
- February 22 â Jean Chapelain, French writer (b. 1595)
- March 8 â Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
- June 14 â Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
- August 12 â Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
