Events from the year 1699 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 20 January: Louis XIV gave the French Academy of Sciences its first rules.[2]
- 11 June: France, England and the Dutch Republic agree on the terms of the Treaty of London (1700) (Second Partition Treaty) for Spain.[3]
- The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture holds the first of a series of salons at the Louvre Palace.
Births
- 26 March: Hubert-François Gravelot, illustrator (d. 1773)
- 26 June: Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, salonnière (d. 1777)
- 17 August: Bernard de Jussieu, naturalist (d. 1777)[4]
- 25 August: Charles Étienne Louis Camus, mathematician and mechanician (d. 1768)[5]
- 13 October: Jeanne Quinault, actress and playwright (d. 1783)
- 2 November: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, painter (d. 1779)
- 25 November: Pierre Subleyras, painter (d. 1749)
- Undated: Joseph Galien, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist and writer on aeronautics (d. 1762 or 1782)[6]
Deaths
- 20 February: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, painter (b. 1636)
- 21 April: Jean Racine, classic dramatist (b. 1639)
- 26 September: Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, diplomat and minister (b. 1618)
- 18 November: Pierre Pomet, pharmacist (b. 1658)
- 30 December: Pierre Robert, composer (b. c. 1618)[7]
- Undated: Antoine Le Grand, Cartesian philosopher, in England (b. 1629)[8]
See also
References
- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "History". French Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ John, Rule (2017). Onnekink, David; Mijers, Esther (eds.). The Partition Treaties, 1698-1700; A European View in Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138257962.
- ^ Rompel, Joseph (1913). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ O'Conner, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. "Charles Étienne Louis Camus". University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ Wilhelm, Balthasar (1913). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Buelow, George J. (2004). A history of baroque music. Indiana University Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-253-34365-8.
- ^ Easton, Patricia (2006-06-09). "Antoine Le Grand". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2011-01-04.