1713 in France explained

Events from the year 1713 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIV^[1]

Events

• 11 April  - The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession;^[2] France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.^[3]

Arts and culture

• La Foire de Guibray, farce by Alain-René Lesage
• Arlequin Mahomet, farce by Alain-René Lesage
• Le Tombeau de Nostradamus, farce by Alain-René Lesage, first performed at the Foire de Saint Laurent in 1714.

Births

• 2 January  - Marie Dumesnil, actress (died 1803).
• 6 August  - Marie Sophie de Courcillon, noblewoman (died 1756).
• 3 October  - Antoine Dauvergne, composer and violinist (died 1797).
• 5 October  - Denis Diderot, philosopher (died 1784)^[4]
• 28 December  - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer (died 1762).

Deaths

• 11 January  - Pierre Jurieu, Protestant leader (born 1637)
• 24 March  - Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, Catholic Cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais (born 1631)
• 6 September  - François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, ecclesiastic, diplomat and poet (born 1632)
• 9 November  - Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye, general (born 1632)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Book: Cates, William L. R.. The Pocket Date Book. London. Chapman and Hall. William Leist Readwin Cates. 1863.
3. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8.
4. Encyclopedia: Diderot, Denis . 128 . . 6 . 1917 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 22 November 2014 .