1683 in France

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Events from the year 1683 in France.

==Incumbents==

Monarch: Louis XIV{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=9 June 2022}}

Events

Births

4 February – Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, explorer of North America (d. 1765)
28 February – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, scientist (d. 1757)
23 June – Etienne Fourmont, orientalist (d. 1745)
25 September – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (d. 1764)

Deaths

10 July – François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
30 July – Maria Theresa of Spain, first wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
6 September – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (b. 1619)

See also

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References

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