1684 in France

Events from the year 1684 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

 * 15 August – Signing of the Truce of Ratisbon
 * The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart, is completed
 * The Château de Marly in the Marly-le-Roi commune is completed for Louis XIV
 * The Canal de l'Eure with its notable aqueduct, designed by the military engineer Lieutenant Général Vauban to serve Versailles for Louis XIV, is begun; work is abandoned about 1690

Full date missing

 * Jean Astruc, physician and professor (died 1766)

Full date missing

 * Anne de La Vigne, natural philosopher (born 1634)
 * Claude Bazin de Bezons, lawyer and politician (born 1617)
 * Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan, noblewoman (born 1617)
 * Pierre Corneille, playwright (born 1606)
 * François Pallu, bishop (born 1626)
 * Peter du Moulin, clergyman (born 1601)
 * Antoine Gombaud, writer (born 1607)
 * Edme Mariotte, physicist (born c.1620)
 * Gabriel de Guilleragues, politician (born 1628)