1654 in FranceEvents from the year 1654 in France.Incumbents Monarch - Louis XIVEvents25 August - Battle of ArrasBirthsFull date unknownLouis de Boullogne, painter Jean-François Gerbillon, missionary Pierre Varignon, mathematicianDeathsFull date unknownGermain Habert, clergyman and poet Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, essayist Nicolas Rigault, classical scholar Claude de Razilly, naval officer )