1712 in France explained
Events from the year 1712 in France
Incumbents
Events
Arts and culture
Births
- 2 January - Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, feral child (died 1775)
- 28 February - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, general (died 1759)
- 14 March - Charles-Antoine Jombert, bookseller and publisher (died 1784)
- 27 March - Claude Bourgelat, veterinary surgeon (died 1779)
- 8 April - Pierre Pouchot, military engineer officer (died 1769)
- 17 May - Jean-Baptiste Greppo, canon and archaeologist (died 1767)
- 28 May - Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, economist (died 1759)
- 21 June - Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, admiral (died 1790)
- 25 June - Exupere Joseph Bertin, anatomist (died 1781)
- 9 July - Charles-Étienne Pesselier, playwright and librettist (died 1763)
- 15 August - César Gabriel de Choiseul, officer and statesman (died 1785)
- 24 August - Michel-Barthélémy Ollivier, painter and engraver (died 1784)
- 15 September - Pierre Simon Fournier, punch-cutter (died 1768)
- 22 September - François-Joseph-Gaston de Partz de Pressy, cleric (died 1789)
- 26 September - Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, cardinal (died 1800)
- 4 November - Charles Louis de Marbeuf, general (died 1786)
- 7 November - Antoine Choquet de Lindu, architect (died 1790)
- 20 November - Guillaume Voiriot, portrait painter (died 1799)
- 24 November - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, priest and educator of the deaf (died 1789)
- 12 December
- Approximate date - Angélique du Coudray, pioneer of modern midwifery (died 1794)
Deaths
- 12 January - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Coriolis de Villeneuve d'Espinouse, aristocrat (born 1655)
- 12 February - Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Dauphine of France (born 1685)
- 18 February - Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France (born 1682)
- 22 February - Nicolas Catinat, military officer (born 1637)
- 8 March - Louis, Duke of Brittany (born 1707)
- 11 April - Richard Simon, priest, Oratorian, biblical critic, orientalist and controversialist (born 1638)[2]
- 11 June - Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, military commander (born 1654)
- 13 July - Isaac de Porthau, Gascon black musketeer of the Maison du Roi (born 1617)
- 9 September - Jean Mauger, medallist (born 1648)
- 14 September - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer and engineer (born 1625)
- 5 November - Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynes, noble (born 1646)
- Full date missing - Jean-Baptiste Forest, landscape painter (born 1636)
Notes and References
- Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
- Encyclopedia: Simon, Richard . 427 . . 21 . 1926 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 2015-08-19 .
