1698 in France
# 1698 in France

Events from the year 1698 in France.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Louis XIV

## Events

* 24 October – Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico to defend the southern borders of New France; they will eventually found three capitals of Louisiana (New France), as the future American cities: Mobile, Biloxi & New Orleans.

## Births

* 17 July – Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician (d. 1759)
* 6 September – Jean Thurel, French soldier (d. 1807)
* date unknown – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (d. 1761)

## Deaths

* 10 January – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
* 15 May – Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
* 28 November – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
