1666 in France
Events from the year 1666 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 January – French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrives in Dhaka, and meets Shaista Khan.
- 4 June – Molière's comedy The Misanthrope is premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, by the King's Players.
- 22 December – The French Academy of Sciences, founded by the king, first meets.
- The Institution libre du Sacré-Cœur at Tourcoing is founded.
Births
- 15 February – Claude-Élisée de Court de La Bruyère, naval officer
- 18 June – Jeanne Delanoue, saint in the Roman Catholic Church
- 2 October – Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Duchess of La Vallière
Full date unknown
- Léopold Durand, architect
- Jean d'Estrées, priest and politician
- Philippe Grandjean, type engraver
Deaths
- 20 January – Anne of Austria, Queen of France 1615-1643
- 16 February – Jean de Lauson, governor
- 26 February – Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, nobleman
- 23 September – François Mansart, architect
- 23 September – Hannibal Sehested, Dano-Norwegian statesman and diplomat
- 3 November – Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne, politician