1692 in France

Events from the year 1692 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIV

Events

• Battle of Barfleur (29 May) was a decisive battle in the British Nine Years' War

Births

• 5 April – Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
• 6 November – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)

Deaths

• 23 July – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
• 6 November – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)

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