Events from the year 1721 in France.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/3Views:1 9311 2932 158
-
Crème de la crème! France's World Pastry Cup | DW Documentary
-
Art of Pleasure is a Serious Business 2, 2:41
-
2nd November 1795: The Directory established in France
Transcription
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV[1]
- Regent: Philip II of Orleans[2]
Events
Births
- October 19 – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
- December 6 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
- December 29 – Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
Deaths
- April 14 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
- July 18 – Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
- August 13 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
- Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641)
See also
References
- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Semmens, Richard Templar (2004). The Bals Publics at the Paris Opéra in the Eighteenth Century. Pendragon Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-57647-034-3.
This page was last edited on 18 March 2023, at 18:39