Events from the year 1661 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Louis XIV
Events The Paris Opera Ballet established The Académie Royale de Danse established
Births
1 November – Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne (died 1711)
Full date unknown Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, naval officer (died 1732)
Deaths
Full date unknown Girard Desargues, mathematician (born 1591) René Menard, Jesuit missionary (born 1605) Louis Couperin, composer (born c.1626) Georges de Brébeuf, poet (born 1618)
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