1695 in France explained

Events from the year 1695 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• • • • • • 13 - 15 August  - Nine Years' War: Bombardment of Brussels by French troops.
• 1 September  - Nine Years' War: France surrenders Namur in the Spanish Netherlands to forces of the Grand Alliance led by King William III of England following the 2-month Siege of Namur.^[2]

Births

• 2 May  - Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
• 3 May  - Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
• 26 August  - Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, singer and composer (d. 1793)^[3]

Deaths

• • • • • • • 4 January  - François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
• 13 April  - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
• 11 June  - André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
• 16 November  - Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
• 8 December  - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 287.
3. Book: Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London. Macmillan. 1996. 978-0-33351-598-3. 380.