1678 in France
Events from the year 1678 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 23 July – The Battle of Ortenbach, part of the Franco-Dutch War
- 14 August – The Battle of Saint-Denis, the last major action of the Franco-Dutch War
- August 1678 to December 1679 – The Treaties of Nijmegen, in the aftermath of the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–78
Births
- 25 August – Jacques Caffieri, sculptor
Full date unknown
- Augustin Lippi, botanist and physician
Deaths
- 16 January Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, writer and salonnière
- 4 June – Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, noblewoman and Princess of Monaco