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1695
Events from the year 1695 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
13–15 August – Nine Years' War: Bombardment of Brussels by French troops.
1 September – Nine Years' War: France surrenders Namur in the Spanish Netherlands to forces of the Grand Alliance led by King William III of England following the 2-month Siege of Namur.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 287
Births
2 May – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
3 May – Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
26 August – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, singer and composer (d. 1793)Julie Anne Sadie Rhian Samuel The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers London Macmillan 1996 978-0-33351-598-3 380
Deaths
4 January – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
13 April – Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
11 June – André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
16 November – Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
8 December – Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
See also
France History Lists
References
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