1688 in France

none 1688 Events from the year 1688 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 January 29 – Madame Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, is arrested in France and imprisoned for seven months. February 28 – The French opera David et Jonathas, composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, is performed for the first time. May 17 - Louis-Hector de Callière, Governor of Montreal proposes to Louis XIV to invade New England by land and sea. The attack began in 1690. December 11 – Having led his army to Salisbury and been deserted by his troops, James VII and II attempts to flee to France. Births thumb |right |150 px |An Optical Print of The Roman Forum by Jacques Chereau 29 April - Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder, engraver (died 1754)1916 Cochin, Charles-Nicolas Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/5/0099.html 13 September 2015 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup 2 5 da 29 October - Jacques Chereau, engraver and printmaker (died 1776 Deaths 2 February - Abraham Duquesne, naval officer (born 1610) 14 May - Antoine Furetière, writer (born 1619) 9 September - Claude Mellan, engraver and painter (born 1598) 9 October - Claude Perraut, architect (born 1613) 26 November - Philippe Quinault, librettist and dramatist (born 1635) Unknown - Nicolas Denys, aristocrat, explorer, colonizer and soldier in New France (born 1598?) See also France History Lists References 1688 Category:1680s in France France