1784 in France
Appearance
Years in France: | 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s |
Years: | 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 |
Events from the year 1784 in France
Incumbents
Events
French Revolution
Arts and culture
Opera
- 18 September – Dardanus, opera by Antonio Sacchini, was first performed at Versailles
Theatre
- Le Bon Père, comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, first performed by the Comédie Italienne in Paris in 1784
Births
- 6 October – Charles Dupin, mathematician (died 1873).[1]
Deaths
- 29 January – Abbé François Blanchet, intellectual (born 1707)
- 15 February – Pierre Macquer, chemist (born 1718)
- 7 March – Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore de Tschudi, botanist and poet (born 1734)
- 30 March – Emmanuel de Croÿ-Solre, military officer (born 1718)
- 30 July – Denis Diderot, philosopher (born 1713).[2]
- 1 September – Jean-François Séguier, botanist and astronomer (born 1703)
- 1 November – Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan, man of letters and erudition (born 1709)
References
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1917). "Dupin, Pierre Charles François". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 6 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 528. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1917). "Diderot, Denis". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 6 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 128. Retrieved 22 November 2014.