Today in France History (Part 6)
Sub-Topics: French Polynesia - New Caledonia
Historical Events
Results 501 - 600 of 2,112
1704-02-28 - Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC
1704-02-29 - French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100
1704-08-02 - Duke of Marlborough beats French & Bavarians at Blenheim
1704-08-13 - French & Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German & Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany
1704-08-25 - Battle at Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet
1705-10-01 - Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rákóczi becomes king
1706-05-23 - Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
1708-07-11 - Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
1708-08-29 - Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
1709-09-11 - Battle at Malplaquet: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France
1709-10-29 - England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat"
1710-12-11 - Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)
1711-09-22 - French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
1712-07-17 - England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]
1712-07-24 - Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army
1712-10-08 - French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast
1712-11-02 - Suriname govt gives French hijacker Jacques Cassard, ƒ682,800
1713-01-30 - England & Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
1713-02-10 - Neth & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
1713-02-18 - French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao
1713-02-27 - French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao
1713-04-11 - Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1713-04-12 - Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
1713-06-23 - The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
1714-03-06 - Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
1714-09-07 - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1714-09-11 - French & Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona
1715-05-04 - French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
1715-09-01 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
1716-02-10 - Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
1716-10-09 - England & France sign treaty
1717-01-04 - Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance
1717-02-01 - Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
1717-08-17 - France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement
1718-01-09 - France declares war on Spain
1718-08-25 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
1720-10-10 - French govt proclaims strike on banknotes
1721-03-27 - France & Spain sign Treaty of Madrid
1722-10-19 - French C Hopffer patents fire extinguisher
1725-09-03 - England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
1725-09-05 - French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski
1726-06-11 - Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier
1727-05-31 - France, England & Netherlands sign accord of Paris
1727-11-12 - France & Bavaria renew secret treaty
1729-11-09 - Spain, France & England signs Treaty of Seville
1729-11-28 - Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1733-09-26 - France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant
1733-10-10 - France declares war on emperor Charles VI
1733-11-07 - France & Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty
1734-06-17 - French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
1734-06-21 - In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.
1735-10-03 - France & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord
1736-02-12 - Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)
1736-05-26 - Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French
1737-02-20 - French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns
1738-07-20 - North America: French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1738-08-02 - France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey
1738-11-18 - France & Austria sign peace
1739-04-05 - French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty
1741-05-08 - France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1741-08-15 - French troops attack the Rhine
1741-11-26 - French & Beiers army occupies Prague
1742-11-18 - Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1743-06-27 - English defeat French at Dettingen
1744-02-08 - French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
1744-02-09 - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
1744-02-22 - Battle at Toulon: English-French & Spanish fleet
1744-03-15 - French King Louis XV declares war on England
1744-05-17 - French army takes Austrian Netherlands
1744-05-31 - French troops conquer Kortrijk
1744-06-06 - France & Prussia sign peace treaty
1744-09-30 - France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
1745-06-17 - American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
1745-10-14 - French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
1745-11-28 - -29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY
1746-02-22 - French troops conquer Brussels
1746-06-01 - French troops conquer Antwerp
1746-06-16 - Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
1746-09-20 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland
1746-09-21 - French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras
1746-10-01 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France
1746-10-11 - Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Neth armies
1747-04-17 - French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
1747-05-14 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.
1747-07-01 - Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army
1747-09-16 - French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom
1747-10-25 - British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
1748-01-26 - England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1748-04-30 - French troops occupy Maastricht
1748-05-07 - French troops conquer Maastricht
1748-12-26 - France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
1751-07-29 - 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England
1751-12-23 - France sets plan to tax clergymen
1752-06-09 - French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
1753-05-06 - French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1753-05-09 - King Louis XV disbands French parliament
1754-05-28 - George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)
1754-07-03 - George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
1754-07-04 - George Washington gives Ft Necessity to France
1755-07-09 - Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British
Famous Birthdays
Results 501 - 600 of 2,645
1728-02-12 - Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)
1728-10-03 - Charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite
1729-04-18 - Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1729-11-12 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
1730-01-03 - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician
1730-03-07 - Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (d. 1807)
1730-03-31 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
1731-12-07 - Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter
1732-01-24 - Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)
1732-03-23 - Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
1732-04-05 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
1732-09-30 - Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)
1732-11-09 - Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776)
1733-05-04 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
1733-05-11 - Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1734-01-17 - Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza)
1736-01-25 - Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician
1736-08-26 - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
1736-09-15 - Jean-Sylvain, French historian (History of France)
1736-11-26 - Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France)
1737-07-15 - Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1787)
1738-05-28 - Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor (guillotine)
1738-06-22 - Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1738-08-01 - Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
1739-01-25 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
1739-02-15 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
1739-03-19 - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
1740-02-07 - Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
1740-04-02 - Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)
1740-07-27 - Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1740-08-26 - Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1741-03-20 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)
1741-08-23 - Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
1741-10-18 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
1741-12-08 - Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)
1742-08-14 - Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris)
1743-05-24 - Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
1743-08-19 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
1743-09-17 - Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician
1743-09-17 - Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher
1744-02-06 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
1744-08-01 - Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist
1745-01-06 - Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
1745-01-06 - James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
1745-01-06 - Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
1746-03-08 - André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)
1746-04-23 - Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
1746-05-10 - Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1746-11-15 - Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (d. 1809)
1747-01-10 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
1747-10-08 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807)
1748-04-12 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
1748-06-30 - Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer
1748-08-30 - Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)
1748-12-09 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
1749-03-09 - Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
1749-06-19 - Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman (National Convention)
1749-09-08 - Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
1749-09-08 - Marie-Louise, Princesse de Lamballe, French aristocrat (d. 1792)
1749-09-19 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822)
1750-03-05 - Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
1750-04-17 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
1750-06-21 - Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French artist (d. 1818)
1750-06-23 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
1750-07-28 - Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)
1752-04-05 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
1753-02-06 - Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet
1753-02-12 - François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
1753-02-20 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
1753-03-09 - Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (d. 1800)
1753-04-01 - Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)
1753-05-13 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
1753-05-31 - Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader
1753-09-02 - Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)
1754-02-13 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)
1754-02-17 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1754-07-20 - Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)
1754-08-02 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
1754-08-18 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
1754-08-23 - Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined
1755-03-12 - Georges Couthon, French politician
1755-04-01 - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)
1755-04-16 - Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
1755-04-27 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1755-06-15 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
1755-06-30 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
1755-07-22 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
1755-11-02 - Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake
1755-11-17 - Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1756-04-13 - Louis H J Condé, French prince
1756-06-17 - Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public
1757-06-05 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
1757-09-03 - Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
1757-09-06 - Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary
1757-10-09 - Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1757-10-21 - Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
1758-02-04 - Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer
1758-03-09 - Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
1758-05-06 - Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
1758-08-14 - Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer
Famous Deaths
Results 501 - 600 of 2,121
1704-04-12 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b. 1627)
1704-05-13 - Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)
1704-07-17 - Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer
1704-08-14 - Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)
1704-11-20 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
1705-10-11 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1706-01-21 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
1706-07-09 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
1706-12-28 - Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59
1707-01-10 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
1707-03-30 - Vauban, French architect (b. 1633)
1707-05-27 - Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
1707-08-20 - Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
1707-10-02 - Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1707-12-24 - Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
1707-12-27 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
1708-05-06 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
1708-05-11 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
1708-12-28 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)
1709-01-20 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
1709-02-09 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)
1709-09-04 - Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies
1709-12-08 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74
1710-02-16 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
1711-03-13 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
1711-08-22 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
1712-02-18 - Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1712-02-18 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682)
1712-04-11 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
1712-06-11 - Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b. 1654)
1712-09-11 - Giovanni D Cassini, French astronomer, dies
1712-09-14 - Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies
1713-01-05 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)
1713-01-11 - Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
1714-02-04 - Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1714-04-04 - Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies
1714-10-10 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)
1715-01-07 - François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. 1651)
1715-02-17 - Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
1715-06-25 - Jean du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
1715-07-05 - Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
1715-09-01 - Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76
1715-09-01 - François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
1715-10-13 - Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (b. 1638)
1716-04-28 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
1716-07-09 - Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
1716-09-26 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
1716-12-13 - Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
1717-03-03 - Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75
1717-04-03 - Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
1717-04-05 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1717-06-09 - Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69
1718-02-18 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
1718-07-28 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630)
1718-08-04 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)
1719-04-07 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67
1719-04-15 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
1719-04-21 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
1719-05-21 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
1719-11-08 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
1719-12-02 - Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1720-04-21 - Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
1720-06-27 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
1720-08-17 - Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1720-09-03 - Henri de Massue, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
1720-10-10 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
1721-04-14 - Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
1721-07-18 - Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
1721-08-13 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
1722-01-07 - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet, dies at 60
1722-05-20 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
1722-09-18 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
1722-12-08 - Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70
1722-12-23 - Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
1723-05-11 - Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
1723-07-14 - Claude Fleury, French historian (b. 1640)
1723-08-10 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
1723-11-19 - Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
1723-12-02 - Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
1723-12-22 - Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70
1724-10-02 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
1725-10-10 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
1725-12-07 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
1726-01-25 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
1727-05-02 - Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70
1727-08-04 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
1727-09-25 - Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73
1727-11-10 - Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (b. 1659)
1728-10-08 - Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47
1729-01-04 - Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1729-05-04 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
1729-09-03 - Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1729-12-01 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
1730-03-20 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
1730-06-06 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646)
1730-07-18 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)
1730-10-15 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)
1730-11-21 - François de Troy, French portrait artist
1731-01-06 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)
1731-12-26 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
