1781 in France
Appearance
Years in France: | 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s |
Years: | 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 |
Events from the year 1781 in France
Incumbents
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).[1]
- 16 August – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, soldier and diplomat (born 1719)
Full date missing
- Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop (born 1703)
References
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1928). "Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 23 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 928. Retrieved 11 May 2015.