Events from the year 1674 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XIV
Events August 11 – Battle of Seneffe: The French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeats the Dutch–Spanish–Austrian army under William III of Orange. December 4 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Confederation (which will in time grow into the city of Chicago).
Births January 15 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) August 2 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France (d. 1723)
Deaths February 22 – Jean Chapelain, French writer (b. 1595) March 8 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) June 14 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600) August 12 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
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