1754 in France explained

Events from the year 1754 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV^[1]

Events

• • • • • 28 May  - The Battle of Jumonville Glen begins the French and Indian War in North America: 22-year-old George Washington leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians.
• 3 July  - French and Indian War: Battle of Fort Necessity  - George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers.

Births

• 2 February  - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)^[2]
• 15 January Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795)
• 17 February  - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
• 17 March  - Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793)
• 9 August  - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
• 18 August  - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
• 23 August  - Prince Louis-Auguste, grandson and eventual successor (as Louis XVI) of the reigning King Louis XV (d. 1793)^[3]
• 26 September  - Joseph Proust, French chemist (d. 1826)
• 9 December  - Etienne Ozi, French composer (d. 1813)

Deaths

• • • • • • • 4 July  - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (b. 1680)
• 27 November  - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Web site: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand summary Britannica . www.britannica.com . 26 June 2022 . en.
3. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XVI . www.bbc.co.uk . 24 June 2022.