1669 in France

Events from the year 1669 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

 * The Paris Opera was founded
 * The École des Jeunes de langues was founded
 * The Régiment Royal–La Marine was established

Births

 * 17 August – Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière, Protestant minister (d. 1742)

Full date missing

 * Charles d'Agar, painter (d. 1723)
 * Jacques Bouillart, Benedictine monk (d. 1726)
 * Philip Bouquett, linguist (d. 1748)
 * Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, churchman and diplomat (d. 1736)

Deaths

 * 18 March – Gilles Boileau, translator (b. 1631)
 * 6 August – Louis, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1612)
 * 8 September – Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme (b. 1592)
 * 10 September – Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1609)
 * 29 December – Marin Cureau de la Chambre, physician and philosopher (b. 1594)

Full date missing

 * Pierre Affre, sculptor (b. 1509)
 * François Anguier, sculptor (born c.1604)