1661 in France

Events from the year 1661 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• The Paris Opera Ballet established
• The Académie Royale de Danse established

Births

• 1 November – Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne (died 1711)

Full date unknown

• Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, naval officer (died 1732)

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Girard Desargues, mathematician (born 1591)
• René Menard, Jesuit missionary (born 1605)
• Louis Couperin, composer (born c.1626)
• Georges de Brébeuf, poet (born 1618)

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