1661 in France explained

Events from the year 1661 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• The Paris Opera Ballet established
• The Académie Royale de Danse established

Births

• 1 November – Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne (died 1711)^[2]

Full date missing

• Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, naval officer (died 1732)

Deaths

Full date missing

• Girard Desargues, mathematician (born 1591)^[3]
• René Menard, Jesuit missionary (born 1605)
• Louis Couperin, composer (born c.1626)
• Georges de Brébeuf, poet (born 1618)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Book: Fuhring . Peter . Marchesano . Louis . Mathis . Remi . Selbach . Vanessa . A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715 . 18 June 2015 . Getty Publications . 978-1-60606-450-4 . 81 . en.
3. Encyclopedia: Desargues, Girard . . 6 . 1917 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 24 September 2015 .