title: 1698 in France
text: # 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)
  