1690 in France

Events from the year 1690 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• 1 July – Battle of Fleurus
• 10 July – Battle of Beachy Head
• 18 August – Battle of Staffarda

Births

• 22 November – François Colin de Blamont, violinist and composer (died 1760)

Deaths

• 22 February – Charles Le Brun, painter (born 1619)
• 20 April – Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (born 1660)
• 17 October – Margaret Mary Alacoque, Roman Catholic nun and mystic (born 1647)
• 3 November – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, politician (born 1651)
• 17 November – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, governor (born 1610)

Full date unknown

• François Bailly, architect (born 1630?)
• Louis-François de la Baume de Suze, bishop (born 1595)

See also

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