1694 in France

Events from the year 1694 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• 27 May – Battle of Torroella
• 29 June – Battle of Texel

Births

• 21 November – Voltaire, writer, historian, and philosopher (died 1778)^[2]

Full date unknown

• Louis, Duke of Joyeuse, nobleman (died 1724)

Deaths

• 16 April – Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, noblewoman (born 1628)
• 28 September – Gabriel Mouton, scientist (born 1618)
• 25 November – Ismaël Bullialdus, astronomer and mathematician (born 1605)^[3]
• 4 December – Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds, general (born 1630)

Full date unknown

• Paul Fréart de Chantelou, collector (born 1609)
• René Ouvrard, composer (born 1624)

References

1. ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. ^ "Voltaire | Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. ^ Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.) (1915). "Boulliau, Ismael" (in Danish). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. Vol. 3. 2 ed. Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 1 September 2015.