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1745 in France

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1745 in France

Events from the year 1745 in France.

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Incumbents

  • Monarch: Louis XV
  • May 11 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch.
  • 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)

    • 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)

    • References

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