1665 in France

Events from the year 1665 in France.

Incumbents

February 15 - Molière's comedy Dom Juan is first presented, at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris, in its original prose version with the playwright playing Sganarelle; it is withdrawn after 15 performances following attacks on its morality.
April-November - Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini is fêted in Paris.
April 17 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, begins a year's imprisonment in the Bastille for besmirching the reputation of the ladies of the French Court in Histoire amoureuse des Gaules.
September 22 - Molière's L'Amour médecin is first presented, before Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
December 4 - Jean Racine's tragedy Alexandre le Grand is premièred by Molière's troupe at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. 11 days later, Racine moves it to the Comédiens du Roi at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, causing a rift with Molière.
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes Livre d'orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l'église, the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the Baroque French organ school.
Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.