1681 in France

none 1681 thumb|right|200 px | Protestant engraving representing 'les dragonnades' in France, instituted by Louis XIV in 1681. Events from the year 1681 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 15 May – The Canal du Midi is opened officially, as the Canal Royal de Languedoc.Rolt L. T. C. L. T. C. Rolt From Sea to Sea: An Illustrated History of the Canal du Midi Allen Lane 1973 London 0713904712 30 September – France annexes the city of Strasbourg, previously a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. The Dragonnades are instituted to intimidate Huguenot families into either leaving France or converting to Catholicism. Collections are made in England for needy French refugees. The Port of Honfleur is remodelled by Abraham Duquesne. Births thumb|right|120 px|Joseph-François Lafitau 9 April – Nicolas Edelinck, engraver (d. 1767) 11 April – Anne Danican Philidor, musician (d. 1728) 26 May – Antoine-François Botot Dangeville, dancing master, dancer and ballet teacher (d. c.1737) 31 May – Joseph-François Lafitau, Jesuit missionary, ethnologist, and naturalist (d. 1746) 6 October – Charles François de Mondion, architect and military engineer (d. 1733) 19 October – Claude Bouhier de Lantenay, clergyman and the second bishop of Dijon (d. 1755) 7 November – Isaac-Joseph Berruyer, Jesuit historian (d. 1748) Full date unknown Antoine Sartine, French-born financier and Spanish administrator (d. 1744) Deaths thumb|right|Marie Angélique de Scorailles 16 January – Olivier Patru, lawyer and writer (b. 1604) 24 January – Jean Baptiste Gonet, Dominican theologian (b. c.1616)Jean Baptiste Gonet https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06634a.htm newadvent.org 21 July 2018 6 May – Catherine Trianon, fortune teller and accused poisoner in the Affair of the Poisons (b. 1627) 23 May – Claude Deschamps, actor and playwright (b. c.1600) 28 June – Marie Angélique de Scorailles, noblewoman (b. 1661) 15 September – Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan (b. 1674) 23 September – Pierre Simon Jaillot, sculptor (b. 1631)http://www.latribunedelart.com/preemption-d-un-ivoire-de-pierre-simon-jaillot-par-le-louvre Préemption d'un ivoire de Pierre-Simon Jaillot par le Louvre - La Tribune de l'Art www.latribunedelart.com fr 21 July 2018 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O311600/the-crucifixion-group-jaillot-pierre-simon/ The Crucifixion Jaillot, Pierre Simon V&A Search the Collections collections.vam.ac.uk 21 July 2018 27 September – Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre, marshal of France and governor of Lorraine (b. 1599) 26 November – Jean Garnier, Jesuit church historian, patristic scholar and moral theologian (b. 1612)Jean Garnier 6 Francis Mershman 10 December – Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (b. 1624 or 1625) 16 December – François Vavasseur, Jesuit humanist and controversialist (b. 1605) 19 December – Marguerite Joly, accused poisoner in the Poison Affair, confessed under torture to several murders, sentenced to be burned at the stake (b. 1637) 21 December – Lacuzon, Franc-Comtois leader (b. 1607) Full date unknown Laurent Drelincourt, theologian (b. 1626) Jacques Gaffarel, scholar and astrologer (b. 1601) Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière, politician (b. 1598) Charles Joseph Tricassin, Capuchin theologian Pierre Guillaume Néel III, Huguenot (b. 1638) December – Charles Cotin, abbé, philosopher and poet (b. 1604) after 1681 – Abraham Ragueneau, painter (b. 1623) See also France History Lists References 1681 Category:1680s in France Category:1681 in France Category:French history timelines France