1779 in France explained

Events in the year 1779 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XVI^[1]

Events

• 12 April - Treaty of Aranjuez (1779)
• June–September - Armada of 1779
• 2-4 July - Capture of Grenada (1779)
• 6 July - Battle of Grenada
• 6 October - Action of 6 October 1779

Births

• 7 October - Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais, younger brother of King Louis-Philippe I of the French^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XVI . www.bbc.co.uk . 24 June 2022.
2. Book: Taylor, William Cooke . Memoirs of the House of Orleans: Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Characters in France During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries . . 1850 . United Kingdom . 182.