1756 in France explained

Events from the year 1756 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]

Events

• 12 April  - French invasion of Minorca, at this time under British control.
• 1 May  - Treaty of Versailles.
• 18 May  - The Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France.^[2]
• 20 May  - Battle of Minorca: The French fleet under Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière defeats the British under John Byng.
• 29 June  - The 2-month Siege of Fort St Philip at Port Mahon ends when the British garrison in Minorca surrenders to the French after two months' siege by Armand de Vignerot du Plessis.
• 14 August  - French and Indian War: Fort Oswego falls to the French.

Arts and literature

• François Boucher paints portraits of Madame de Pompadour.
• The Vincennes porcelain factory moves to Sèvres as the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres.

Births

• 3 January  - Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, writer and politician (died 1794)
• 23 May  - Charles Clément Balvay (called Bervic), engraver (died 1822)^[3]
• 28 November  - Marie-Madeleine Postel, Roman Catholic saint (died 1846)
• 24 December  - Joseph François Augustin Monneron, banker and politician (died 1826)
• Full date missing  - Antoine-François Momoro, printer, bookseller and politician (died 1794)

Deaths

• 27 June  - Marie Sallé, dancer and choreographer (born 1707)
• 16 April  - Jacques Cassini, astronomer (born 1677)

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. 318.
3. Encyclopedia: Bervic, Charles Clément. Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. 3. 1915. 2. Blangstrup, Chr.. Christian Blangstrup. J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Copenhagen. da. 2015-09-03.