1690 in France

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Events from the year 1690 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV ^[1]

Events

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

Births

Full date missing

• François Colin de Blamont, violinist and composer (died 1760) ^[2]

Deaths

Charles Le Brun, portrait by Nicolas de Largilliere

• 22 February – Charles Le Brun, painter (born 1619)
• 20 April – Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (born 1660)
• 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 missing

• François Bailly, architect (born 1630?)
• Margaret Mary Alacoque, Roman Catholic nun and mystic (born 1647)
• Louis-François de la Baume de Suze, bishop (born 1595)

References

1. "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Blamont, François Colin de". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 383. Retrieved 28 August 2015.