1658 in France

Events from the year 1658 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• 14 June – Battle of the Dunes
• The siege of Dunkirk

Births

• 11 October – Henri de Boulainvilliers, nobleman and historian (died 1722)

Deaths

• 18 June – Louis Cappel, clergyman (born 1585)
• September – Lucy Walter, royal mistress (born c.1630 in Wales)
• 20 October – Louis Cellot, Jesuit writer (born 1588)
• 6 November – Pierre du Ryer, dramatist (born 1606)

Full date unknown

• Hubert Le Sueur, sculptor (born c.1580)

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