1781 in France explained

Events from the year 1781 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XVI^[1]

Events

• 6 January  - Battle of Jersey
• May  - Invasion of Tobago
• 12 December  - Battle of Ushant

Science

Astronomy

• Messier 87, a supergiant elliptical galaxy, was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier.

Births

• 27 March  - Charles Joseph Minard, engineer (died 1870)
• 1 May  - François-Désiré Breton, naval officer

Deaths

• 18 March  - Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, statesman (born 1727)^[2]
• 16 August  - Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, soldier and diplomat (born 1719)

Full date missing

• Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop (born 1703)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XVI . www.bbc.co.uk . 24 June 2022.
2. Encyclopedia: Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques . 928 . . 23 . 1928 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 11 May 2015 .