1696 in France

Events from the year 1696 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

 * The Edict of 1696

This Edict stated that for a coat of arms to be valid, it had to be registered with the King of Arms for a fee. Due to this, 110 000 coats of arms were registered by d'Hozier, the King of Arms.


 * Treaty of Turin

Signed on 29 August 1696 by the French King and the Duchy of Savoy, ended the latter's involvement in the Nine Years' War.

Births

 * 31 July – Dumont de Montigny, colonial officer (died 1760)

Full date missing

 * Esprit Antoine Blanchard, musician (died 1770)

Deaths

 * 14 March – Jean Domat, jurisconsult (born 1625)
 * 14 April – Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, chevalier (born c.1629)
 * 17 April – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, aristocrat (born 1626)
 * 27 April – Simon Foucher, polemic philosopher (born 1644)
 * 11 May – Jean de La Bruyère, philosopher and moralist (born 1645)
 * 29 June – Michel Lambert, composer (born 1610)
 * 28 July – Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, statesman and diplomat (born 1625)
 * 21 December – Louise Moillon, painter (born 1610)

Full date missing

 * Antoine Varillas, historian (born 1624)
 * Jean Richer, astronomer (born 1630)
 * Jean Baptiste Mathey, architect and painter (born 1630)
 * Médard des Groseilliers, explorer (born 1618)