Events from the year 1669 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Louis XIV

Events The Paris Opera was founded The École des Jeunes de langues was founded The Régiment Royal–La Marine was established

Births 17 August – Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière, Protestant minister (d. 1742)

Full date unknown Charles d'Agar, painter (d. 1723) Jacques Bouillart, Benedictine monk (d. 1726) Philip Bouquett, linguist (d. 1748) Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, churchman and diplomat (d. 1736)

Deaths

18 March – Gilles Boileau, translator (b. 1631) 6 August – Louis, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1612) 8 September – Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme (b. 1592) 10 September – Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1609) 29 December – Marin Cureau de la Chambre, physician and philosopher (b. 1594)

Full date unknown Pierre Affre, sculptor (b. 1509) François Anguier, sculptor (born c.1604)

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