1672 in France explained

Events from the year 1672 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• 1672 to 1678  - the Franco-Dutch War

Births

Full date missing

• Antoine Augustin Calmet, Benedictine monk (died 1757)^[2]

Deaths

• February 17  - Madeleine Béjart, French actress and theatre director (b. 1618)

Full date missing

• Jacques Rohault, philosopher, physicist and mathematician (born 1618)
• Pierre Séguier, statesman (born 1588)^[3]
• Denis Gaultier, lutenist and composer (born c.1600)
• Tanneguy Le Fèvre, scholar (born 1615)
• Thomas Gobert, priest and composer (born c.1600)
• Antoine Godeau, bishop, poet and exegete (born 1605)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Calmet, Augustin . . 4 . 1916 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 12 September 2015 .
3. Web site: Pierre Seguier, 1588 - 1672. Duc de Villemor. Chancellor of France . National Galleries of Scotland . 8 September 2022 . en.