1685 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1685 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1685 in France
Events
- 22 October – Louis XIV issues the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revokes the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal, thereby depriving Huguenots of civil rights. Their Temple de Charenton-le-Pont is immediately demolished.
- The decree Code Noir, passed by King Louis XIV, defines the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire.
- French colonization of Texas.
Births
- 6 January – Martin Bouquet, Benedictine and historian (died 1754).[1]
Full date missing
- Germain Louis Chauvelin, politician (died 1762)
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, princess (died 1712)
- Madeleine Leroy, industrialist (died 1749)
Deaths
Full date missing
- Jacob Spon, archaeologist (born 1647)
- Nicolas Robert, miniaturist and engraver (born 1614)
- Jean de Montpezat de Carbon, bishop (born 1605)
- Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy, nobleman (born 1598)
- Michel Le Tellier, statesman (born 1603)
- Pierre Bourdelot, physician, anatomist, libertine and freethinker (born 1610)
References
- Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Bouquet, Dom Martin". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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