1740 in France
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Events from the year 1740 in France
Incumbents
[edit ]Events
[edit ]- Vincennes porcelain factory established.[2]
- Approximate date − The mystical tradition called Martinism is established as a masonic high-degree order.
Births
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- 12 April − Claude André Deseine, sculptor (d. 1823)
- 26 April − Jean-Jacques Paulet, mycologist (d. 1826)
- 2 June − Marquis de Sade, nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer (d. 1814)
- 6 June − Louis-Sébastien Mercier, dramatist and writer (d. 1814)
- 10 July − Louis-Étienne Ricard, politician (d. 1840)[3]
- 27 July − Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1807)
Full date missing
[edit ]- Catherine Éléonore Bénard, noble (d. 1769)
- François Cointeraux, architect (d. 1830)
- Jean Baptiste François de La Villéon, vice-admiral
Deaths
[edit ]- 27 January − Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (born 1692)
- 15 February − Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers, politician (born 1675)
- 2 March − John Gagnier, orientalist (born 1670?)
- July − Jacques Barbel, French soldier in Canada (born c.1670)[4]
Full date missing
[edit ]- Jacques Cassard, naval officer (born 1679)
- Pierre Crozat, art collector (born 1665)[5]
- Jean Soanen, bishop (born 1647)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Tamara Préaud, ed. Porcelaines de Vincennes: les origines de Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais, October 1977–January 1978.
- ^ Biographical details on the National Assembly's site
- ^ Vachon, André (1979) [1969]. "Barbel, Jacques". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ "Pierre Crozat (Biographical details)". britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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