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1666 In France
Events from the year 1666 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV Events *13 January – French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrives in Dhaka, and meets Shaista Khan. *4 June – Molière's comedy ''The Misanthrope'' is premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, by the King's Players. *22 December – The French Academy of Sciences, founded by the king, first meets. *The Institution libre du Sacré-Cœur at Tourcoing is founded. Births *15 February – Claude-Élisée de Court de La Bruyère, naval officer (d. 1752) *18 June – Jeanne Delanoue, saint in the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1736) *2 October – Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Duchy of La Vallière, Duchess of La Vallière (d. 1739) Full date missing *Léopold Durand, architect (d. 1746) *Jean d'Estrées, priest and politician (d. 1718) *Philippe Grandjean, type engraver (d. 1714) Deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
