1741 in France explained

A list of events from the year 1741 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]

Events

• The cavalry unit Régiment des Hussards de Saxe formed

Births

Full date missing

• Antoine-François Callet, painter (died 1823)^[2]

Deaths

Full date missing

• Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, poet and dramatist (born 1671)
• Marie Anne de Bourbon, noblewoman (born 1697)
• Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard, singer (born 1669)
• Bernard de Montfaucon, monk and scholar (born 1655)
• Henri Desmarets, composer (born 1661)
• François Pourfour du Petit, anatomist (born 1664)
• Françoise Prévost, ballerina (born c.1680)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Callet, Antoine François . . 4 . 1916 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 5 September 2015 .