1681 in France explained
Events from the year 1681 in France
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 9 April – Nicolas Edelinck, engraver (d. 1767)
- 11 April – Anne Danican Philidor, musician (d. 1728)
- 26 May – Antoine-François Botot Dangeville, dancing master, dancer and ballet teacher (d. c.1737)
- 31 May – Joseph-François Lafitau, Jesuit missionary, ethnologist, and naturalist (d. 1746)
- 6 October – Charles François de Mondion, architect and military engineer (d. 1733)
- 19 October – Claude Bouhier de Lantenay, clergyman and the second bishop of Dijon (d. 1755)
- 7 November – Isaac-Joseph Berruyer, Jesuit historian (d. 1748)
Full date missing
Deaths
- 16 January – Olivier Patru, lawyer and writer (b. 1604)
- 24 January – Jean Baptiste Gonet, Dominican theologian (b. c.1616)[3]
- 6 May – Catherine Trianon, fortune teller and accused poisoner in the famous Poison Affair (b. 1627)
- 23 May – Claude Deschamps, actor and playwright (b. c.1600)
- 28 June – Marie Angélique de Scorailles, noblewoman (b. 1661)
- 15 September – Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan (b. 1674)
- 23 September – Pierre Simon Jaillot, sculptor (b. 1631)[4] [5]
- 27 September – Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre, marshal of France and governor of Lorraine (b. 1599)
- 26 November – Jean Garnier, Jesuit church historian, patristic scholar and moral theologian (b. 1612)
- 10 December – Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (b. 1624 or 1625)
- 16 December – François Vavasseur, Jesuit humanist and controversialist (b. 1605)
- 19 December – Marguerite Joly, accused poisoner in the Poison Affair, confessed under torture to several murders, sentenced to be burned at the stake (b. 1637)
- 21 December – Lacuzon, Franc-Comtois leader (b. 1607)
Full date missing
Notes and References
- Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
- Book: Rolt, L. T. C.. L. T. C. Rolt. From Sea to Sea: An Illustrated History of the Canal du Midi. Allen Lane. 1973. London. 0713904712.
- Web site: Jean Baptiste Gonet . newadvent.org . 21 July 2018 .
- Web site: Préemption d'un ivoire de Pierre-Simon Jaillot par le Louvre - La Tribune de l'Art. www.latribunedelart.com. fr. 21 July 2018 .
- Web site: The Crucifixion Jaillot, Pierre Simon V&A Search the Collections. collections.vam.ac.uk. 21 July 2018.