Today in France History (Part 7)
Sub-Topics: French Polynesia - New Caledonia
Historical Events
Results 601 - 700 of 2,112
1755-07-09 - Brit Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1755-07-15 - French ambassador recalled from London
1755-09-08 - Battle at Lake George: English army beats France
1756-05-01 - France & Austria sign alliance
1756-05-17 - Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
1756-05-18 - England declares war on France
1756-06-27 - French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca
1756-08-14 - French capture Fort Oswego, NY
1756-08-29 - England & France meet in war
1756-09-08 - French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1757-01-05 - Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1757-05-01 - Austria & France divide Prussia
1757-07-26 - Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
1757-08-09 - English Ft William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops
1757-11-05 - Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
1758-03-27 - Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine
1758-05-21 - Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
1758-06-23 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
1758-07-08 - English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY
1758-07-25 - Seven Years' War: the island battery at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken.
1758-09-11 - Battle of Saint Cast France repels British invasion during the Seven Year's War.
1758-11-25 - Britain capture Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French
1759-04-08 - British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1759-04-13 - French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
1759-05-01 - British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
1759-07-25 - British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War)
1759-07-26 - French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
1759-08-01 - Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France
1759-08-18 - -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
1759-09-13 - British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)
1759-09-18 - Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British
1759-11-20 - -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
1760-01-22 - Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
1760-09-08 - French army gives Montreal to Gen Jeffrey Amherst
1760-11-29 - French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers
1761-01-16 - The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
1762-03-10 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform
1762-04-05 - British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1763-02-10 - Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
1764-02-15 - St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
1764-11-09 - Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
1764-11-26 - France bans Jesuit enorde
1766-03-05 - Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French
1770-05-16 - Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France
1771-02-16 - Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy
1772-02-12 - Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
1774-05-10 - Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
1774-05-10 - Louis XVI becomes King of France.
1776-05-02 - France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
1776-05-12 - Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
1776-09-06 - Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French & Dutch ships sinks; 600 die
1776-10-26 - Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
1776-12-23 - Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France
1777-12-17 - France recognizes independence of English colonies in America
1778-02-06 - England declares war on France
1778-02-06 - France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1778-02-14 - "Stars & Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)
1778-07-10 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1779-06-18 - French fleet occupies St Vincent
1779-07-04 - French fleet occupies Grenada
1779-09-03 - Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
1780-11-05 - French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1781-04-29 - French fleet occupies Tobago
1781-04-29 - French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
1781-08-30 - French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War
1781-09-05 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis
1781-09-28 - 9,000 American forces & 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown
1781-10-06 - Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War
1782-02-04 - British garrison surrenders to French & Spanish fleet
1782-02-13 - French fleet occupies St Christopher
1782-04-12 - Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
1782-07-06 - British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies)
1783-07-15 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1785-06-15 - 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident
1785-08-15 - French cardinal De Rohan arrested
1785-11-10 - Netherlands & France signs treaty
1786-09-26 - England & France sign trade agreement
1786-12-29 - French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked
1787-07-06 - French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax
1788-01-28 - Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
1788-06-07 - Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble
1788-06-21 - Vizille France population demands local parliament
1788-08-08 - King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together
1788-08-27 - Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance
1789-05-05 - French States-General for It first since 1614 together
1789-06-17 - 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
1789-07-14 - Bastille Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille
1789-08-04 - French National Meeting ending feudal system
1789-08-27 - French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man & Citizen"
1789-10-05 - French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
1789-10-06 - French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
1789-11-05 - French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
1790-03-04 - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
1791-03-10 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
1791-06-20 - King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
1791-06-21 - Fleeing French King Louis XVI & family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne
1791-07-14 - The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
1791-07-17 - Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people.
1791-09-03 - French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
1791-09-13 - France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution
Famous Birthdays
Results 601 - 700 of 2,645
1759-01-05 - Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
1759-05-06 - Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
1759-10-04 - Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
1759-10-26 - Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/min of Justice
1760-03-01 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
1760-03-02 - Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader
1760-03-27 - MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers
1760-07-08 - Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
1760-11-23 - Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple)
1761-02-16 - Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
1761-03-06 - Earl d'Andreossi, French general/member of parliament
1761-03-06 - Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
1761-10-21 - Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer/brig general
1761-12-22 - Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress
1761-12-24 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
1762-04-29 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
1762-09-16 - Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator
1762-10-30 - André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)
1762-11-20 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
1762-11-29 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1763-01-03 - Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
1763-01-08 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
1763-01-26 - Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
1763-02-14 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
1763-03-13 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
1763-05-07 - Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
1763-05-21 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
1763-06-21 - Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher
1763-06-23 - Josephine Martiniques, empress of France (1804-14)
1763-12-25 - Claude Chappe, French engineer (optical telegraph)
1763-12-31 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
1764-02-04 - Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy
1764-02-11 - Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)
1764-02-13 - Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster
1764-04-13 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)
1764-05-03 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
1764-08-13 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1764-08-22 - Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1764-12-07 - Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)
1765-03-07 - Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor of photography (d. 1833)
1765-04-28 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
1765-11-04 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1765-11-17 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
1766-03-04 - Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)
1766-04-22 - Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
1766-07-08 - Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
1766-09-25 - Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21)
1766-10-23 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847)
1766-11-16 - Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv)
1767-03-25 - Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15)
1767-04-25 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d. 1847)
1767-08-25 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
1767-10-23 - H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer
1767-12-22 - Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)
1768-02-13 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (d. 1835)
1768-05-02 - Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
1768-08-17 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1768-08-27 - Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht)
1768-09-04 - Francois René de Chateaubriand, France, poet/novelist (Atala)
1768-10-13 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (d. 1839)
1769-01-05 - Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
1769-01-10 - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)
1769-03-23 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
1769-03-29 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851)
1769-05-10 - Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1769-08-23 - Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)
1770-03-02 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
1770-05-10 - Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
1770-11-05 - Etienne P de Senancour, French author (Obermann)
1770-12-26 - Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba)
1771-02-28 - French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
1771-06-19 - Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (d. 1859)
1771-06-24 - E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)
1771-10-01 - Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer
1771-10-23 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
1771-11-14 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
1772-01-04 - Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter
1772-04-07 - F M Charles Fourier, French socialist
1772-04-15 - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
1772-08-30 - Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader
1773-03-28 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1773-04-09 - Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824
1773-08-22 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
1773-10-06 - King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1774-01-01 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
1774-04-21 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)
1774-06-24 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)
1774-07-20 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)
1775-01-20 - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)
1775-07-23 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)
1775-08-06 - Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France
1776-04-01 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
1777-01-03 - Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker
1777-03-31 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. 1859)
1777-12-04 - Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)
1778-01-24 - Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X
1778-09-04 - Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands (1806-10)
1778-12-06 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
1779-08-07 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
1779-10-10 - Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP
Famous Deaths
Results 601 - 700 of 2,121
1732-02-13 - Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640)
1732-04-18 - Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660)
1733-03-04 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (b. 1656)
1733-09-11 - Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64
1733-09-12 - Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64
1734-06-17 - Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
1734-06-17 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653)
1734-12-14 - Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
1736-04-24 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
1737-12-29 - Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1738-06-05 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659)
1738-08-09 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies
1740-01-27 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
1741-03-17 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
1741-11-20 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies
1741-12-14 - Charles Rollin, French historian (b. 1661)
1742-03-23 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
1742-05-14 - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
1742-09-28 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b. 1663)
1743-01-29 - Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
1743-04-29 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)
1743-09-14 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
1743-12-27 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1744-02-29 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
1744-03-03 - Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist
1744-12-08 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
1745-05-22 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
1745-12-08 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)
1746-02-20 - Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
1746-03-20 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)
1746-07-09 - Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62
1747-03-23 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)
1747-05-28 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
1747-08-08 - Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)
1747-11-17 - Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
1749-07-12 - Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France
1749-09-10 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
1749-10-26 - Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72
1749-12-05 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685)
1750-06-15 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
1751-02-09 - Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
1752-06-14 - Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57
1752-06-14 - Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88
1753-07-17 - Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1754-05-14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
1754-07-04 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)
1754-11-27 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
1755-02-10 - Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)
1755-03-02 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
1755-07-09 - E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1757-01-09 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
1757-01-09 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
1757-10-17 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)
1758-04-22 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1758-04-30 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1758-08-15 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60
1759-01-01 - Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b. 1705)
1759-05-12 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
1759-09-14 - Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47
1759-09-18 - James Wolfe & the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed
1760-04-10 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
1760-06-15 - Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69
1760-09-11 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
1761-02-01 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
1761-09-08 - Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
1762-01-11 - Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
1762-03-21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713)
1762-06-17 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
1763-01-29 - Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
1763-02-12 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
1763-10-22 - French van Mieris "the Young", painter/historian, dies at 73
1764-04-15 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
1764-09-12 - Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80
1764-10-23 - Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)
1765-05-17 - Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)
1765-07-15 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
1766-05-05 - Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
1766-06-24 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
1767-03-07 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer (b. 1680)
1767-03-20 - Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87
1768-01-10 - Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
1768-03-18 - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
1768-09-02 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
1768-10-28 - Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68
1768-12-08 - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)
1769-01-24 - François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)
1770-04-25 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)
1770-05-30 - François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
1770-11-24 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1771-01-11 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66
1771-02-20 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678)
1771-03-08 - Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)
1771-12-26 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1771-12-27 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695)
1772-03-02 - Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73
1772-03-21 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
1772-03-26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
1772-06-12 - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
1772-06-15 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77
1773-01-21 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
