1685 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 22 October – Louis XIV issues the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revokes the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal, thereby depriving Huguenots of civil rights. Their {{ill|Temple de Charenton-le-Pont|fr}} is immediately demolished.
- The decree Code Noir, passed by King Louis XIV, defines the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire.
- French colonization of Texas.
Births
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- 6 January – Martin Bouquet, Benedictine and historian (died 1754){{cite encyclopedia |title=Bouquet, Dom Martin |encyclopedia=Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon |volume=3 |year=1915 |edition=2 |editor=Blangstrup, Chr. |editor-link=Christian Blangstrup |publisher=J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel |location=Copenhagen |language=da |url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/3/0828.html |access-date=1 September 2015 }}
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- Germain Louis Chauvelin, politician (died 1762)
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, princess (died 1712)
- Madeleine Leroy, industrialist (died 1749)
Deaths
- 9 February – Pierre Bourdelot, physician, anatomist, freethinker, abbé and libertine (born 1610)
- 25 March – Nicolas Robert, miniaturist and engraver (born 1614)
- 30 October – Michel Le Tellier, statesman (born 1603)
- 5 November – Jean de Montpezat de Carbon, bishop (born 1605)
- 28 November – Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy, nobleman (born 1598)
- 25 December – Jacob Spon, archaeologist (born 1647)
See also
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References
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