1718 in France

none 1718 Events from the year 1718 in France. Incumbents Monarch: Louis XVBBC - History - King Louis XV https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xv.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 17 June 2022 Regent: Philip II of OrleansSemmens Richard Templar The Bals Publics at the Paris Opéra in the Eighteenth Century 2004 Pendragon Press 978-1-57647-034-3 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=p6RRLRH12foC&pg=PA29 en Events January – France declares war on Spain, leading to the 2-year War of the Quadruple Alliance. May 7 – New Orleans is founded. thumb|200px|right| May 7: New Orleans November 18 – Voltaire's first play, Oedipus, premières at the Comédie-Française in Paris. This is his first use of the pseudonym. Births January 29 – Paul Rabaut, Huguenot pastor (d. 1794) October 19 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804) Deaths February 18 – Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) April 3 – Jacques Ozanam, mathematician (b. 1640) April 27 – Jacques Bernard, theologian (b. 1658) May 22 – Gaspard Abeille, lyric and tragic poet (b. 1648) June 13 – Louis, Count of Armagnac, noble (b. 1641) July 28 – Étienne Baluze, scholar (b. 1630) September 12 – Louise de Maisonblanche, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France (b. 1676) October 19 – Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt, noble (b. 1646) See also France History Lists References 1718 Category:1710s in France France