1698 in France
Events from the year 1698 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- Today's Place Vendôme is created as the Place des Conquêtes in Paris.
- 24 October - Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico to defend the southern borders of New France; they will eventually found three capitals of Louisiana (New France), as the future American cities: Mobile, Biloxi & New Orleans.
Births
- 17 July - Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician
- 6 September - Jean Thurel, French soldier
Full date unknown
- Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer