1722 in France explained

Events from the year 1722 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]
• Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans^[2]

Events

• University of Burgundy established in Dijon.

Births

• 19 February  - Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, author (died 1774)
• 7 March  - Louis-Jacques Goussier, illustrator (died 1799)
• 23 March  - Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, astronomer (died 1769)
• 23 May  - Claudius Franciscus Gagnières des Granges, Jesuit (massacred 1792)
• 14 July  - Jean-Pierre du Teil, general (died 1794)
• 23 July
  • Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, salon holder (died 1800)
  • Antoine Petit, physician (died 1794)
• 11 November  - Nicolas Antoine Boulanger, philosopher (died 1759)
• 22 November  - Marc Antoine René de Voyer, ambassador and Minister of War (died 1787)
• 1 December  - Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, writer (died 1763)
• 4 December  - Guillaume Piguel, French-born Apostolic Vicar of Cochin (died 1771)

Deaths

• 23 January  - Henri de Boulainvilliers, nobleman and historian (born 1658)^[3]
• 4 May  - Claude Gillot, painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker and theatrical designer (born 1673)
• 20 May  - Sébastien Vaillant, botanist (born 1669)
• 23 May  - Pierre Aveline, engraver (born 1656)
• 26 September  - Guillaume Massieu, clergyman (born 1665)
• Full date missing  - Charles de Ferriol, ambassador (born 1652)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Book: Semmens . Richard Templar . The Bals Publics at the Paris Opéra in the Eighteenth Century . 2004 . Pendragon Press . 978-1-57647-034-3 . 29 . en.
3. Encyclopedia: Boulainvilliers, Henri . . 3 . 1915 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 31 August 2015 .