1771 in France explained

Events from the year 1771 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XV^[1]

Births

• 3 January  - Louis Pierre Édouard, Baron Bignon, diplomat and historian (died 1841)^[2]
• 19 June  - Joseph Diaz Gergonne, mathematician and logician (died 1859)
• 24 June  - Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, chemical manufacturer (died 1834 in the United States)
• 18 August  - Louis-François Bertin de Vaux, journalist (died 1842)

Deaths

• 20 February  - Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, geophysicist, astronomer and chronobiologist (born 1678)
• 27 December  - Henri Pitot, hydraulic engineer, inventor of the pitot tube (born 1695)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Bignon, Louis Pierre Edouard. 212. Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. 3. 1915. 2. Blangstrup, Chr.. Christian Blangstrup. J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Copenhagen. da. 2015-08-19.