1695 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1695 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1695 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- August 13–15 – Nine Years' War: Bombardment of Brussels by French troops.
- September 1 – Nine Years' War: France surrenders Namur in the Spanish Netherlands to forces of the Grand Alliance led by King William III of England following the 2-month Siege of Namur.[1]
Births
- May 2 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- May 3 – Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
Deaths
- January 4 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
- April 13 – Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
- June 11 – André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- November 16 – Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- December 8 – Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
References
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 287. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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