1706 in France

Events from the year 1706 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

 * 23 May – Battle of Ramillies
 * 8 September – Battle of Castiglione

Full date missing

 * Sébastien Bigot de Morogues, soldier (died 1781)

Deaths

 * 28 December – Pierre Bayle, philosopher (born 1647)

Full date missing

 * Ferdinand de Marsin, general (born 1656)
 * Adrien Baillet, scholar and critic (born 1649)
 * Jacques Testu de Belval, poet and preacher (born c.1626)
 * Thomas Regnaudin, sculptor (baptized 1622)
 * Jean Testu de Mauroy, clergyman and academic (born 1626)
 * Jacques Boyvin, composer (born c.1649)