1706 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Louis XIV

Events

• 23 May - Battle of Ramillies
• 8 September - Battle of Castiglione

Births

• 1 March - Sébastien Bigot de Morogues, soldier

Deaths

• 21 January - Adrien Baillet, scholar and critic
• 30 June - Jacques Boyvin, composer
• 3 July - Thomas Regnaudin, sculptor
• 9 September - Ferdinand de Marsin, general
• 28 December - Pierre Bayle, philosopher

Full date unknown

• Jacques Testu de Belval, poet and preacher
• Jean Testu de Mauroy, clergyman and academic