1679 in France

Events from the year 1679 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• Treaties of Nijmegen
• Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
• Treaty of Fontainebleau

Births

Full date unknown

• Dominique Anel, surgeon (died 1730)
• George Psalmanazar, imposter and writer (died 1763)

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Marie de Rohan, aristocrat (born 1600)^[2]
• Jacques Cassagne, clergyman and poet (born 1636)
• Jacques de Billy, mathematician (born 1602)
• Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (born 1624)
• Guillaume Courtois, painter (born 1628)
• Raymond Breton, Dominican missionary and linguist (born 1609)
• François Combefis, Dominican patrologist (born 1605)

References

1. ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. ^ Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.) (1916). "Chevreuse, Maria af Rohan" (in Danish). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. Vol. 4. 2 ed. Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 12 September 2015.