1676 in France explained

Events from the year 1676 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• 8 January  - Battle of Stromboli, part of the Franco-Dutch War (1672 - 1678)
• 22 April  - Battle of Augusta, part of the Franco-Dutch War
• 2 June  - Battle of Palermo, part of the Franco-Dutch War

Births

Full date missing

• Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, duchess (died 1744)

Deaths

• 28 October Jean Desmarets, writer and dramatist (born 1595)^[2]

Full date missing

• Abraham Bosse, artist (born c.1602 – 1604)^[3]
• Isaac La Peyrère, theologian (born 1594 or 1596)^[4]
• Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, military officer (born 1612)
• Pierre Patel, painter (born 1605)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Web site: Jean DESMARETS de SAINT-SORLIN (1595-1676) . academie-francaise.fr . 5 September 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117200536/http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fiche.asp?param=10 . 17 November 2008 .
3. Encyclopedia: Bosse, Abraham . . 3 . 1915 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 1 September 2015 .
4. Web site: La Peyrère, Isaac . jewishvirtuallibrary.org . 5 September 2020 .