1740 in France explained

Events from the year 1740 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]

Events

• Vincennes porcelain factory established.^[2]
• Approximate date − The mystical tradition called Martinism is established as a masonic high-degree order.

Births

• 12 April − Claude André Deseine, sculptor (d. 1823)
• 26 April − Jean-Jacques Paulet, mycologist (d. 1826)
• 2 June − Marquis de Sade, nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer (d. 1814)
• 6 June − Louis-Sébastien Mercier, dramatist and writer (d. 1814)
• 10 July − Louis-Étienne Ricard, politician (d. 1840)^[3]
• 27 July − Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1807)

Full date missing

• Catherine Éléonore Bénard, noble (d. 1769)
• François Cointeraux, architect (d. 1830)
• Jean Baptiste François de La Villéon, vice-admiral

Deaths

• 27 January − Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (born 1692)
• 15 February − Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers, politician (born 1675)
• 2 March − John Gagnier, orientalist (born 1670?)
• July − Jacques Barbel, French soldier in Canada (born c.1670)^[4]

Full date missing

• Jacques Cassard, naval officer (born 1679)
• Pierre Crozat, art collector (born 1665)^[5]
• Jean Soanen, bishop (born 1647)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Tamara Préaud, ed. Porcelaines de Vincennes: les origines de Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais, October 1977–January 1978.
3. http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=13335 Biographical details on the National Assembly's site
4. Barbel, Jacques . André . Vachon . 2 .
5. Web site: Pierre Crozat (Biographical details) . britishmuseum.org . 1 April 2019.