1696 in France

none 1696 Events from the year 1696 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Louis XIVBBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 9 June 2022 Events August 2015 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.French Grant of Arms, 1696 https://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/dhozier.htm 2022-12-19 www.heraldica.org 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 right|thumb|150px|Esprit Antoine Blanchard 29 February – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, musician (died 1770)1915 Blanchard, Esprit Joseph Antoine Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/3/0431.html 28 August 2015 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup 2 3 385 da 31 July – Dumont de Montigny, colonial officer (died 1760) 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) 9 June – Antoine Varillas, historian (born 1624) 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 unknown Jean Richer, astronomer (born 1630) Jean Baptiste Mathey, architect and painter (born 1630) See also France History Lists References 1696 Category:1690s in France France