1691 in France

Events from the year 1691 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• 18 September – Battle of Leuze

Births

• 13 April - Joseph-Charles Roettiers, engraver and medalist (died 1779)
• 5 August - Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin, clergyman (died 1744)
• 18 December - Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux, Jesuit missionary (died 1779)

Full date unknown

• François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault, botanist, zoologist and painter (died 1778)

Deaths

• 5 March - Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, member of the Conseil d'État (born 1607)
• 3 April - Jean Petitot, painter (born 1607)^[2]

References

1. ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. ^ Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.) (1915). "Petitot, Jean" (in Danish). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. Vol. 19. 2 ed. Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 30 September 2015.