1753 in France explained

Events from the year 1753 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]

Events

• The chemical element bismuth discovered by Claude François Geoffroy

Births

• 4 July  - Jean-Pierre Blanchard, inventor, pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809)
• 25 July  - Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, military officer in Spanish colonial service, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (executed 1810)
• 20 November  - Louis-Alexandre Berthier, maréchal de France (died 1815)^[2]
• 23 November  - Guillaume-Mathieu Dumas, military officer (died 1837)
• Full date missing
  • Pierre Cuillier-Perron, military adventurer (died 1834)
  • Charles Julien Fanneau de Lahorie, French sailor (died 1822)

Deaths

• 18 June  - Claude François Geoffroy, chemist (born 1729)
• 10 November  - Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, naval officer (born 1699)
• 10 December  - Claude Gros de Boze, scholar and numismatist (born 1680)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Berthier, Louis Alexandre. 88 - 89. Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. 3. 1915. 2. Blangstrup, Chr.. Christian Blangstrup. J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Copenhagen. da. 2015-08-20.