1696 in France explained

Events from the year 1696 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• The Edict of 1696

This Edict stated that for a coat of arms to be valid, it had to be registered with the King of Arms for a fee. Due to this, 110 000 coats of arms were registered by d'Hozier, the King of Arms. ^[2]

• Treaty of Turin

Signed on 29 August 1696 by the French King and the Duchy of Savoy, ended the latter's involvement in the Nine Years' War.

Births

• 31 July  - Dumont de Montigny, colonial officer (died 1760)

Full date missing

• Esprit Antoine Blanchard, musician (died 1770)^[3]

Deaths

• 14 March  - Jean Domat, jurisconsult (born 1625)
• 14 April  - Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, chevalier (born c.1629)
• 17 April  - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, aristocrat (born 1626)
• 27 April  - Simon Foucher, polemic philosopher (born 1644)
• 11 May  - Jean de La Bruyère, philosopher and moralist (born 1645)
• 29 June  - Michel Lambert, composer (born 1610)
• 28 July  - Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, statesman and diplomat (born 1625)
• 21 December  - Louise Moillon, painter (born 1610)

Full date missing

• Antoine Varillas, historian (born 1624)
• Jean Richer, astronomer (born 1630)
• Jean Baptiste Mathey, architect and painter (born 1630)
• Médard des Groseilliers, explorer (born 1618)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Web site: French Grant of Arms, 1696 . 2022-12-19 . www.heraldica.org.
3. Encyclopedia: Blanchard, Esprit Joseph Antoine . 385 . . 3 . 1915 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 28 August 2015 .