Events from the year 1669 in
France
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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–
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
Events
*The
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...
was founded
*The
École des Jeunes de langues The École des Jeunes de langues was a language school founded by Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1669 to train interpreters and translators (then called dragomans after the Ottoman and Arabic word for such a figure, like Covielle in '' Le Bourgeois gent ...
was founded
*The
Régiment Royal–La Marine
The Régiment de Royal Marine was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France, established in 1669. The regiment was directly involved in the Day of the Tiles (french: Journée des Tuiles), which took place in Grenoble on June 7, 1788. The last ...
was established
Births
*17 August –
Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière, Protestant minister (d.
1742
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Robert Walpole is made Earl of Orford, and resigns as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, effectively ending his period as Prime Minister of Great Britain. On his for ...
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Full date missing
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Charles d'Agar
Charles d'Agar (1669–1723) was a French, and , describe d'Agar as a French painter. Alternately, , says that " 'Agar's''œuvre'' was clearly of more consequence to English art than that of his father." portrait painter, the son of Jacques d'Agar ...
, painter (d.
1723
Events
January–March
* January 25 – British pirate Edward Low intercepts the Portuguese ship ''Nostra Signiora de Victoria''. After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than s ...
)
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Jacques Bouillart Jacques Bouillart (1669 – 11 December 1726) was a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of St.-Maur.
Bouillart was born in the Diocese of Chartres. He professed at the Monastery of St. Faron de Meaux in 1687. He was the author of ''Histoire d ...
, Benedictine monk (d.
1726
Events
January–March
* January 23 – (January 12 Old Style) The Conventicle Act (''Konventikelplakatet'') is adopted in Sweden, outlawing all non-Lutheran religious meetings outside of church services.
* January 26 – ...
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Philip Bouquett, linguist (d. 1748)
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Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (1669 – 3 November 1736) was a French churchman and diplomat.
Biography
The second son of Count Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, he served as Bishop of Luçon from 1723 until his death. He attended the salon of M ...
, churchman and diplomat (d.
1736
Events
January–March
* January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain.
* January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden.
* January 26 – Stanislaus I of Pol ...
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Deaths
*18 March –
Gilles Boileau
Gilles Boileau (22 October 1631, Paris Р18 March 1669), the elder brother of the more famous Nicolas Boileau-Despr̩aux, was a French translator and member of the Acad̩mie fran̤aise.
Boileau was well regarded as a classicist by his contem ...
, translator (b.
1631
Events
January–March
* January 23 – Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany.
* February 5 &ndash ...
)
*6 August –
Louis, Duke of Vendôme
Louis de Bourbon (October 1612 – 6 August 1669), was Duke of Mercœur and later the second Duke of Vendôme, and the grandson of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He became Duke of Vendôme in 1665, after the death of his father.
Biog ...
(b.
1612
Events
January–June
* January 6 – Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. He persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of governme ...
)
*8 September –
Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to:
* Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress
* Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress
* Françoise Adn ...
(b.
1592
Events
January–June
* January 30 – Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope. He immediately recalls the Sixtine Vulgate.
* February 7 – G ...
)
*10 September –
Henrietta Maria of France
Henrietta Maria (french: link=no, Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649. She wa ...
, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b.
1609
Events
January–June
* January – The Basque witch trials begin.
* January 15 – One of the world's first newspapers, ''Avisa Relation oder Zeitung'', begins publication in Wolfenbüttel (Holy Roman Empire).
* January 3 ...
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*29 December –
Marin Cureau de la Chambre, physician and philosopher (b.
1594
Events
January–June
* March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time.
* April 17 – Hyacinth of Poland is canonized.
* May
** Uprising in Banat of Serbs against Ottoman rule ends with the public ...
)
Full date missing
*
Pierre Affre
Pierre Affre (1590-1669) was a French sculptor.
Early life
Pierre Affre was born in 1590 in Béziers, France. He moved to Toulouse, where he was mentored by Artus Legoust.
Career
Affre was a sculptor in Toulouse. He first worked with architect C ...
, sculptor (b.
1509
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Events
January–June
* January 21 – The Portuguese first arrive at the Seven Islands of Bombay and ...
)
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François Anguier
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
, sculptor (born c.
1604
Events
January–June
* January 1 – '' The Masque of Indian and China Knights'' is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court.
* January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England ...
)
See also
References
1660s in France
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