1669 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• The Paris Opera was founded
• The École des Jeunes de langues was founded
• The Régiment Royal–La Marine was established

Births

• 17 August – Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière, Protestant minister

Full date unknown

• Charles d'Agar, painter
• Jacques Bouillart, Benedictine monk
• Philip Bouquett, linguist
• Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, churchman and diplomat

Deaths

• 18 March – Gilles Boileau, translator
• 6 August – Louis, Duke of Vendôme
• 8 September – Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme
• 10 September – Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
• 29 December – Marin Cureau de la Chambre, physician and philosopher

Full date unknown

• Pierre Affre, sculptor
• François Anguier, sculptor