1745 in France
Events from the year 1745 in France.
| |||||
| Decades: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 1745 History of France • Timeline • Years | ||||
Events
May 11: Battle of Fontenoy.
- May 11 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch.[2]
- July 9 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Melle – The French are victorious in an engagement against the Pragmatic Allies.
- September 14 – Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV of France.
Births
- January 6 – Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
- April 20 – Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
- July 8 – Sara Banzet, educator and diarist (d. 1774)
Deaths
- May 22 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
- December 8 – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)
- December 19 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
See also
References
- "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 310–311. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.