Events from the year 1661 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- The Paris Opera Ballet established
- The Académie Royale de Danse established
Births
edit- 1 November – Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne (died 1711)[2]
Full date missing
edit- Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, naval officer (died 1732)
Deaths
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Full date missing
edit- Girard Desargues, mathematician (born 1591)[3]
- René Menard, Jesuit missionary (born 1605)
- Louis Couperin, composer (born c.1626)
- Georges de Brébeuf, poet (born 1618)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Fuhring, Peter; Marchesano, Louis; Mathis, Remi; Selbach, Vanessa (18 June 2015). A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715. Getty Publications. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-60606-450-4.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1917). "Desargues, Girard". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 6 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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