1756 in France

Events from the year 1756 in France. == Incumbents == Monarch – Louis XV == Events == 12 April – French invasion of Menorca, at this time under British control. 1 May – Treaty of Versailles. 18 May – The Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France. 20 May – Battle of Minorca: The French fleet under Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière defeats the British under John Byng. 29 June – The 2-month Siege of Fort St Philip at Mahón ends when the British garrison in Minorca surrenders to the French after two months' siege by Armand de Vignerot du Plessis. 14 August – French and Indian War: Fort Oswego falls to the French. == Arts and literature == François Boucher paints portraits of Madame de Pompadour. The Vincennes porcelain factory moves to Sèvres as the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. == Births == 3 January – Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, writer and politician (died 1794) 23 May – Charles Clément Balvay (called Bervic), engraver (died 1822) 28 November – Marie-Madeleine Postel, Roman Catholic saint (died 1846) 24 December – Joseph François Augustin Monneron, banker and politician (died 1826) === Full date unknown === Antoine-François Momoro, printer, bookseller and politician (died 1794) == Deaths == 27 June – Marie Sallé, dancer and choreographer (born 1707) 16 April – Jacques Cassini, astronomer (born 1677) == See also == == References ==