1754 in France
Appearance
Years in France: | 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s |
Years: | 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 |
Events from the year 1754 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
Events
- May 28 – The Battle of Jumonville Glen begins the French and Indian War in North America: 22-year-old George Washington leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians.
- July 3 – French and Indian War: Battle of Fort Necessity – George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers.
Births
- January 15 Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795)
- February 13 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)
- February 17 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
- March 17 – Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793)
- August 9 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
- August 18 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
- August 23 – Prince Louis-Auguste, grandson and eventual successor (as Louis XVI) of the reigning King Louis XV (d. 1793)
- September 26 – Joseph Proust, French chemist (d. 1826)
- December 9 – Etienne Ozi, French composer (d. 1813)
Deaths
- July 4 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (b. 1680)
- November 27 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)