1684 in France
Events from the year 1684 in France
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Events
- 15 August – Signing of the Truce of Ratisbon
- The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart, is completed
- The Château de Marly in the Marly-le-Roi commune is completed for Louis XIV
- The Canal de l'Eure with its notable aqueduct, designed by the military engineer Lieutenant Général Vauban to serve Versailles for Louis XIV, is begun; work is abandoned about 1690
Deaths
Full date missing
- Anne de La Vigne, natural philosopher (born 1634)
- Claude Bazin de Bezons, lawyer and politician (born 1617)
- Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan, noblewoman (born 1617)
- Pierre Corneille, playwright (born 1606)
- François Pallu, bishop (born 1626)
- Peter du Moulin, clergyman (born 1601)
- Antoine Gombaud, writer (born 1607)
- Edme Mariotte, physicist (born c.1620)
- Gabriel de Guilleragues, politician (born 1628)
See also
References
- "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Astruc, Jean". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 2 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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