1678 in France

none 1678 thumb|right|200 px | Battle of Saint-Denis by Romeyn de Hooghe. Events from the year 1678 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 23 July – The Battle of Ortenbach, part of the Franco-Dutch War 14 August – The Battle of Saint-Denis, the last major action of the Franco-Dutch War August 1678 to December 1679 – The Treaties of Nijmegen, in the aftermath of the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–78 Births 25 August – Jacques Caffieri, sculptor (d. 1755) Full date unknown Augustin Lippi, botanist and physician (d. 1675) Deaths thumb|right|100 px|Catherine Charlotte de Gramont 16 January Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, writer and salonnière (b. 1599) 4 June – Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, noblewoman and Princess of Monaco (b. 1639) Full date unknown Jacques de Chevanes, polemicist (b. ca. 1608) Robert Desgabets, Cartesian philosopher and Benedictine prior (b. 1610)Easton, P., "Robert Desgabets" in Zalta, E. N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Gilles Guérin, sculptor (b. 1611) See also France History Lists References 1678 Category:1670s in France France