1695 in France
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Events from the year 1695 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 13â15 August â Nine Years' War: Bombardment of Brussels by French troops.
- 1 September â 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
- 2 May â Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- 3 May â Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- 26 August â Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, singer and composer (d. 1793)[3]
Deaths
- 4 January â François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
- 13 April â Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
- 11 June â André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- 16 November â Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- 8 December â Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
