1689 in France

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1689
in
France

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Decades:
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
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  • 1690s
  • 1700s
See also:Other events of 1689
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1689 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Louis XIV

Events[]

  • 2 MarchNine Years' War: As French forces leave, they set fire to Heidelberg Castle and the nearby town of Heidelberg.
  • 12 MayNine 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[]

  • 18 JanuaryMontesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
  • 9 JulyAlexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
  • 23 DecemberJoseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)

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