1665 in France

Events from the year 1665 in France.

Incumbents

January 5 – The Journal des sÃÂ§avans begins publication, the world's first scientific journal.
October 21 – Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs (Royal Mirror-Glass Factory, a predecessor of Saint-Gobain), is established by royal letters patent issued by Jean-Baptiste Colbert in Paris.
Colonisation of RÃÂ©union begins with the French East India Company sending twenty settlers.

February 15 – MoliÃÂ¨re's comedy Dom Juan is first presented, at the ThÃÂ©ÃÂ¢tre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-HonorÃÂ©) in Paris, in its original prose version with the playwright playing Sganarelle; it is withdrawn after 15 performances following attacks on its morality.
April–November – Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini is fÃÂªted in Paris.
April 17 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (elected this year to the AcadÃÂ©mie franÃÂ§aise), begins a year's imprisonment in the Bastille for besmirching the reputation of the ladies of the French Court in Histoire amoureuse des Gaules.
September 22 – MoliÃÂ¨re's L'Amour mÃÂ©decin is first presented, before Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
December 4 – Jean Racine's tragedy Alexandre le Grand is premiÃÂ¨red by MoliÃÂ¨re's troupe at the ThÃÂ©ÃÂ¢tre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-HonorÃÂ©) in Paris. 11 days later, Racine moves it to the ComÃÂ©diens du Roi at the HÃÂ´tel de Bourgogne, causing a rift with MoliÃÂ¨re.
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes Livre d'orgue contenant cent piÃÂ¨ces de tous les tons de l'ÃÂ©glise, the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the Baroque French organ school.
Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.

March 12 – Jean-FranÃÂ§ois Foucquet, Jesuit prelate, missionary and scientist (d. 1741)
March 17 – ÃÂlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, harpsichordist and composer (d. 1729)
April 19 – Jacques Lelong, bibliographer (d. 1721).