1690 in France

Events from the year 1690 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

 * 1 July – Battle of Fleurus
 * 10 July – Battle of Beachy Head
 * 18 August – Battle of Staffarda

Full date missing

 * François Colin de Blamont, violinist and composer (died 1760)

Deaths

 * 22 February – Charles Le Brun, painter (born 1619)
 * 20 April – Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (born 1660)
 * 3 November – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, politician (born 1651)
 * 17 November – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, governor (born 1610)

Full date missing

 * François Bailly, architect (born 1630?)
 * Margaret Mary Alacoque, Roman Catholic nun and mystic (born 1647)
 * Louis-François de la Baume de Suze, bishop (born 1595)