1668 in France

Events from the year 1668 in France.

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Decades:	1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
See also:	Other events of 1668 History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIV

Events

• May 2 – The first Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of Devolution.
• September 9 – Molière's comedy The Miser (L'Avare) is first performed, in Paris.

Births

• May 8 – Alain-René Lesage, novelist and playwright (d. 1747)
• November 10
  • Louis, Prince of Condé, Bourbon royal duke (d. 1710)
  • François Couperin, composer (d. 1733)
• November 27 – Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (d. 1751)

Deaths

• May 8 – Catherine of St. Augustine, canoness and nurse of New France (b. 1632)
• December 11 – Marquise-Thérèse de Gorla, actress (b. 1633)