1679 in France

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Events from the year 1679 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV ^[1]

Events

• Treaties of Nijmegen
• Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
• Treaty of Fontainebleau

Births

Full date missing

• Dominique Anel, surgeon (died 1730)
• George Psalmanazar, imposter and writer (died 1763)

Deaths

Pierre Lambert de la Motte

Full date missing

• Marie de Rohan, aristocrat (born 1600) ^[2]
• Jacques Cassagne, clergyman and poet (born 1636)
• Jacques de Billy, mathematician (born 1602)
• Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (born 1624)
• Guillaume Courtois, painter (born 1628)
• Raymond Breton, Dominican missionary and linguist (born 1609)
• François Combefis, Dominican patrologist (born 1605)

References

1. "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1916). "Chevreuse, Maria af Rohan". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 4 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 12 September 2015.