1696 in France

Events from the year 1696 in France.

Incumbents

Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

The Edict of 1696

This Edict stated that for a coat of arms to be valid, it had to be registered with the King of Arms for a fee. Due to this, 110 000 coats of arms were registered by d'Hozier, the King of Arms.

Treaty of Turin

Signed on 29 August 1696 by the French King and the Duchy of Savoy, ended the latter's involvement in the Nine Years' War.

Births

29 February – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, musician (died 1770)
31 July – Dumont de Montigny, colonial officer (died 1760)

Deaths

14 March – Jean Domat, jurisconsult (born 1625)
14 April – Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, chevalier (born c.1629)
27 April – Simon Foucher, polemic philosopher (born 1644)
11 May – Jean de La BruyÃÂ¨re, philosopher and moralist (born 1645)
9 June – Antoine Varillas, historian (born 1624)
29 June – Michel Lambert, composer (born 1610)
28 July – Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, statesman and diplomat (born 1625)
21 December – Louise Moillon, painter (born 1610)

Full date unknown

Jean Richer, astronomer (born 1630)
Jean Baptiste Mathey, architect and painter (born 1630)