Events from the year 1695 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XIV
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.
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)
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)
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