Events from the year 1694 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Louis XIV

Events 27 May – Battle of Torroella 29 June – Battle of Texel

Births

21 November – Voltaire, writer, historian, and philosopher (died 1778)

Full date unknown Louis, Duke of Joyeuse, nobleman (died 1724)

Deaths

16 April – Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, noblewoman (born 1628) 28 September – Gabriel Mouton, scientist (born 1618) 25 November – Ismaël Bullialdus, astronomer and mathematician (born 1605) 4 December – Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds, general (born 1630)

Full date unknown Paul Fréart de Chantelou, collector (born 1609) René Ouvrard, composer (born 1624)

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