1683 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1683 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1683 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
Births
- February 4 – Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, explorer of North America (d. 1765)
- February 28 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, scientist (d. 1757)
- June 23 – Etienne Fourmont, orientalist (d. 1745)
- September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (d. 1764)
Deaths
- July 10 – François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
- July 30 – Maria Theresa of Spain, first wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
- September 6 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (b. 1619)