• Source: 1656 in France

      • Events from the year 1656 in France.


      Incumbents


      Monarch: Louis XIV


      Events




      Births



      April 10 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, lord-founder of Rimouski in eastern Quebec, Canada (d. 1718)
      April 12 – Benoît de Maillet, French diplomat and natural historian (d. 1738)
      May 31 – Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (d. 1728)
      June 5 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (d. 1708)
      July 18 – Joachim Bouvet, French Jesuit active in China (d. 1730)
      July 20 – Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (d. 1723)
      August 6 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
      August 12 – Claude de Visdelou, French missionary (d. 1737)
      August 16 – Christian Knaut, German physician (d. 1716)
      August 18 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter (d. 1743)
      September 6 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723)
      October 20 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
      November 18 – Jacques de Tourreil, French lawyer (d. 1714)


      Deaths



      January 3 – Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
      July 2 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)


      See also




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