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1718 in France

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1718 in France

Events from the year 1718 in France.

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Incumbents

  • Monarch: Louis XV
  • Events

  • January – France declares war on Spain, leading to the 2-year War of the Quadruple Alliance.
  • May 7 – New Orleans, is founded.
  • November 18 – Voltaire's first play, Oedipus, premières at the Comédie-Française in Paris. This is his first use of the pseudonym.
  • Births

  • January 29 – Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)
  • October 19 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
  • References

    1718 in France Wikipedia