1725 in France explained

Events from the year 1725 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV^[1]

Events

• 16 September  - The Treaty of Hanover is signed between Great Britain, France and Prussia.
• 1725–1730 - Freemasonry is established in France as an English import.

Births

• 25 January  - Antoine Court de Gébelin, French pastor (d. 1784)
• 26 February  - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)
• 12 May  - Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (d. 1785)
• 12 May  - Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807)
• 21 August  - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
• 5 September  - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
• 12 September  - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
• 16 September  - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
• 12 October  - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)

Deaths

• 6 April  - Étienne Chauvin, French Protestant divine (b. 1640)
• 16 September  - Antoine V de Gramont, French military leader (b. 1672)
• 10 October  - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. c.1643)
• 7 December  - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.