1676 in France

Events from the year 1676 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• 8 January – Battle of Stromboli, part of the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678)
• 22 April – Battle of Augusta, part of the Franco-Dutch War
• 2 June – Battle of Palermo, part of the Franco-Dutch War

Births

• 13 September – Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, duchess (died 1744)

Deaths

• 28 October Jean Desmarets, writer and dramatist (born 1595)

Full date unknown

• Abraham Bosse, artist (born c.1602 – 1604)
• Isaac La Peyrère, theologian (born 1594 or 1596)
• Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, military officer (born 1612)
• Pierre Patel, painter (born 1605)

See also

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