1777 in France explained

Events from the year 1777 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XVI^[1]

Events

• 3 June  - Treaty of Aranjuez

Births

• 31 January  - Jean-Pierre Vibert, rosarian (died 1866)
• 12 February
  • Bernard Courtois, chemist (died 1838)
  • Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, poet (died 1843)
• 3 March  - Adolphe Dureau de la Malle, geographer, naturalist, historian and artist (died 1857)
• 3 December  - Juliette Récamier, saloniste (died 1849)
• Auguste, comte de La Ferronays, politician (died 1842)

Deaths

• 27 January  - Hubert de Brienne, naval commander (born 1690)
• 20 March  - Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart, cardinal (born 1708)
• 7 May
  • Charles de Brosses, writer (born 1709)
  • Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay, officer of the marines and colonial administrator for New France (born 1708)
• 23 August  - Charles-Joseph Natoire, painter (born 1700)
• 13 July  - Guillaume Coustou the Younger, sculptor (born 1715)^[2]
• 6 October  - Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, saloniste (born 1699)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XVI . www.bbc.co.uk . 24 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Coustou, Guillaume. 277. Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. 5. 1916. 2. Blangstrup, Chr.. Christian Blangstrup. J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Copenhagen. da. 2015-05-15.