1723 in France
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Events from the year1723 inFrance
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch–Louis XV[1]
- Regent:Philippe II, Duke of Orléans(until 15 February)[2]
Events
[edit]- 15 February –King Louis XVattains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the 7½-yearRégenceof his cousinPhilippe II, Duke of Orléans.[3]
- 22 March – 4 Protestant preachers are hanged atMontpellier.[4]
- 10 August –Philippe II, Duke of Orléans,previouslyregent,is appointed by the King to serve as hischief minister,but dies in office less than four months later.
Births
[edit]- 5 January –Nicole-Reine Lepaute,astronomer and mathematician (died 1788)
- 21 February –Louis-Pierre Anquetil,historian (died 1808)
- 30 April –Mathurin Jacques Brisson,zoologist (died 1806)[5]
- 11 July –Jean-François Marmontel,historian, writer (died 1799)
Deaths
[edit]- 13 March –René Auguste Constantin de Renneville,Protestant poet and historian (born 1650)
- 11 May –Jean Galbert de Campistron,dramatist (born 1656)
- 29 May –Jean de La Chapelle,novelist and playwright (born 1621)
- 10 August –Guillaume Dubois,cardinal and statesman (born 1656)
- 20 September –Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye,statesman (born 1663)
- 2 December –Philippe II, Duke of Orléans,chief minister, ex-regent (born 1674)
- Full date missing –Charles d'Agar,painter (born 1669)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"BBC - History - King Louis XV".www.bbc.co.uk.Retrieved17 June2022.
- ^Chambers ́s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People.BoD – Books on Demand. 29 May 2020. p. 123.ISBN978-3-8460-5435-2.
- ^"Historical Events for Year 1723 – OnThisDay.com".Historyorb.com.Retrieved2016-06-30.
- ^Devic, Claude; Vaissète, Joseph (1876).Histoire générale de Languedoc.Vol. 13. p. 980.
- ^Blangstrup, Chr.,ed. (1915)."Brisson, Mathurin Jacques".Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon(in Danish). Vol. 4 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel.Retrieved2015-09-04.