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| 1676 |
| | | Ole Roemer, a Danish astronomer working with Cassini in Paris, calculates the speed of light with an error of only 25% | |
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| c. 1680 |
| | | Louis XIV persecutes the Huguenots by means of dragonnades - the billetting of unruly dragoons in the homes of villagers | |
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| 1681 |
| | | The Canal du Midi is completed in France, including at one point a 160-metre tunnel through high ground | |
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| 1681 |
| | | A professional ballet company in Paris introduces female dancers and the world's first prima ballerina, Mlle de Lafontaine | |
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| 1682 |
| | | Robert de la Salle travels down the Mississippi to its mouth and claims the entire region for France, naming it Louisiana | |
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| 1685 |
| | | 400,000 Huguenots leave France after Louis XIV deprives them of their rights by revoking the Edict of Nantes | |
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| 1688 |
| | | Sébastien de Vauban's socket bayonet is introduced in the French army | |
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| 1689 |
| | | A Grand Alliance against France is formed by almost all the other powers in Europe | |
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| c. 1690 |
| | | France by now has six fortified trading settlements around the coast of India, of which Pondicherry is the most important | |
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| 1697 |
| | | In the Treaty of Rijswijk, Spain cedes the western half of Hispaniola to France, which names its new colony Saint-Domingue | |
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