1674 in France
Events from the year 1674 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- August 11 - Battle of Seneffe: The French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeats the Dutch–Spanish–Austrian army under William III of Orange.
- December 4 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Confederation.
Births
- January 15 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer
- August 2 - Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France
Deaths
- February 22 - Jean Chapelain, French writer
- March 8 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer
- June 14 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer
- August 12 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter