1705 in France

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Events from the year 1705 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Louis XIV

16 August – The battle of Cassano resulted in a tactical French victory

The community Company of Mary established

Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, sculptor (died 1778).

Justine Paris, courtesan and madam (died 1774)

Guillaume Amontons, scientific instrument inventor (born 1663)

Étienne Pavillon, lawyer and poet (born 1632)

Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer (born 1631)

Ninon de l'Enclos, writer, courtesan, and patron of the arts (born 1620)

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, aristocrat, comtesse de Grignan (born 1646)

Jean Gilles, composer (born 1668)

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