1661 in France

Events from the year 1661 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

 * The Paris Opera Ballet established
 * The Académie Royale de Danse established

Births

 * 1 November – Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne (died 1711)

Full date missing

 * Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, naval officer (died 1732)

Full date missing

 * Girard Desargues, mathematician (born 1591)
 * René Menard, Jesuit missionary (born 1605)
 * Louis Couperin, composer (born c.1626)
 * Georges de Brébeuf, poet (born 1618)