1738 in France explained

Events from the year 1738 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]

Events

• 18 November – Signing of the Treaty of Vienna

Births

• 31 May  - Stanislas de Boufflers, statesman and writer (died 1815)^[2]
• 22 June  - Jacques Delille, poet and translator (died 1813)
• 28 August  - Etteilla, occult cartomancer (died 1791)
• Full date missing  - Philippe-Étienne Lafosse, veterinarian (died 1820)

Deaths

• 6 January  - Jean-Baptiste Labat, clergyman, botanist and writer (born 1663)
• 15 January  - Claude de Beauharnais, nobleman (born 1680)
• 30 January  - Benoît de Maillet, diplomat and natural historian (born 1656)
• 9 February  - Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont (born 1662)
• 5 June  - Isaac de Beausobre, exiled Protestant pastor (born 1659)
• 7 June  - Antoine Crozat, proprietary owner of French Louisiana (born c.1655)
• 8 July  - Jean-Pierre Nicéron, lexicographer (born 1685)
• Full date missing
  • De Lafontaine, ballerina (born 1655)
  • Jean-Louis d'Usson, ambassador (born 1672)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Boufflers, Stanislas . . 3 . 1915 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 3 September 2015 .