1745 in France explained

Events from the year 1745 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV^[1]

Events

• May 11  - War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy  - French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch.^[2]
• July 9  - War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Melle  - The French are victorious in an engagement against the Pragmatic Allies.
• September 14  - Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV of France.

Births

• • • • • • January 6  - Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
• April 20  - Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
• July 8  - Sara Banzet, educator and diarist (d. 1774)

Deaths

• • • • • • • May 22  - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
• December 8  - Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)
• December 19  - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 310–311.