1677 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1677 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1677 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- January 1 – Jean Racine's tragedy Phèdre is first performed.
- August – The guild of the Maitresses bouquetieres is founded in Paris.
- October 29 – Michel le Tellier becomes chancellor of France.
- November 16 – French troops occupy Freiburg.
- Jules Hardouin Mansart begins la place Vendôme in Paris (completed in 1698).
- End of the use of male impotence as a factor in French divorce proceedings.
- Ice cream becomes popular in Paris.
- The population of Paris first exceeds 500,000.
Births
- February 8 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
- May 4 – Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, wife of Philippe d'Orléans, le Régent (d.1749)
Deaths
References
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