1740 in France

Events from the year 1740 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Louis XV

Isabelle de Charrière, writer (died 1823).

Jacques Cassard, naval officer (born 1679)

Jacques Barbel, French soldier in Canada (born c.1670)

Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine, noblewoman (born 1710)

Pierre Crozat, art collector (born 1661)

Jean Soanen, bishop (born 1647)

Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers, politician (born 1675)

John Gagnier, orientalist (born 1670?)