1681 in France

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Protestant engraving representing 'les dragonnades' in France, instituted by Louis XIV in 1681.

Events from the year 1681 in France

Incumbents

Events

  • The "Dragonnades" were instituted in 1681 to intimidate Huguenot families into either leaving France or converting to Catholicism.

Births

Full date missing

Deaths

  • 26 November – Jean Garnier, Jesuit church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian (b. 1612).[4]
  • 19 December – Marguerite Joly, accused poisoner in the Poison Affair, she confessed several murders during torture, and was sentenced to be burned at the stake (b. 1637)
  • 21 December – Lacuzon, Franc-Comtois leader (b. 1607)

Full date missing

  • December – Charles Cotin, abbé, philosopher and poet (b. 1604)

References

  1. "Jean Baptiste Gonet". newadvent.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. "Préemption d'un ivoire de Pierre-Simon Jaillot par le Louvre - La Tribune de l'Art". www.latribunedelart.com (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. "The Crucifixion | Jaillot, Pierre Simon | V&A Search the Collections". collections.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4.  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jean Garnier". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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