Events from the year 1667 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- March – Louis XIV abolishes the livre parisis (Paris pound), in favor of the much more widely used livre tournois (Tours pound). He also designates Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie as the first chief of police of Paris.
- 24 May – The War of Devolution begins: France invades Flanders and Franche-Comté; on 10 August the siege of Lille, the war's only main engagement, begins, ending in a French victory.
- 26 June – Louis XIV conquers Tournai.
- 31 July – The Treaty of Breda ends the Second Anglo-Dutch War and recognizes Acadia as a French possession.[2][3]
Births
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- 2 November – James Louis Sobieski, Prince of Poland (died 1737)
Full date missing
edit- Nicolas Bertin, painter (died 1736)[4]
Deaths
edit- 16 or 17 March – Philippe Labbe, Jesuit writer on historical, geographical and philological issues (born 1607)
- 16 May – Samuel Bochart, biblical scholar (born 1599)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Dutch Raid on the Medway, 19–24 June 1667". Military History Encyclopedia on the Web. Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. London: Chapman and Hall.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Bertin, Nicolas". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 90. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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