1684 in France

Events from the year 1684 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• 15 August – Signing of the Truce of Ratisbon
• The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart, is completed
• The Château de Marly in the Marly-le-Roi commune is completed for Louis XIV
• The Canal de l'Eure with its notable aqueduct, designed by the military engineer Lieutenant Général Vauban to serve Versailles for Louis XIV, is begun; work is abandoned about 1690

Births

Full date unknown

• Jean Astruc, physician and professor (died 1766)

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Anne de La Vigne, natural philosopher (born 1634)
• Claude Bazin de Bezons, lawyer and politician (born 1617)
• Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan, noblewoman (born 1617)
• Pierre Corneille, playwright (born 1606)
• François Pallu, bishop (born 1626)
• Peter du Moulin, clergyman (born 1601)
• Antoine Gombaud, writer (born 1607)
• Edme Mariotte, physicist (born c.1620)
• Gabriel de Guilleragues, politician (born 1628)

See also

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