1696 in France

Events from the year 1696 in France.

Incumbents

Monarch - Louis XIV

Events

The Edict of 1696

This Edict stated that for a coat of arms to be valid, it had to be registered with the King of Arms for a fee. Due to this, 110 000 coats of arms were registered by d'Hozier, the King of Arms.

Treaty of Turin

Signed on 29 August 1696 by the French King and the Duchy of Savoy, ended the latter's involvement in the Nine Years' War.

Births

29 February - Esprit Antoine Blanchard, musician
31 July - Dumont de Montigny, colonial officer

Deaths

14 March - Jean Domat, jurisconsult
14 April - Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, chevalier
17 April - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, aristocrat
27 April - Simon Foucher, polemic philosopher
11 May - Jean de La Bruyère, philosopher and moralist
9 June - Antoine Varillas, historian
29 June - Michel Lambert, composer
28 July - Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, statesman and diplomat
21 December - Louise Moillon, painter

Full date unknown

Jean Richer, astronomer
Jean Baptiste Mathey, architect and painter