1689 in France
Appearance
Years in France: | 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s |
Years: | 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 |
Events from the year 1689 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- March 2 – Nine Years' War: As French forces leave, they set fire to Heidelberg Castle and the nearby town of Heidelberg.
- May 12 – Nine Years' War: With England and the Netherlands both now ruled by William III, they join the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), thus escalating the conflict, which continues until 1697. This is also the effective beginning of King William's War, the first of four North American Wars until 1763 between English and French colonists, both sides allied to Native American tribes. The nature of the fighting is a series of raids on each other's settlements across the Canadian and New England borders.
Births
- January 18 – Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
- July 9 – Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
- December 23 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)