1759 in France

none 1759 Events from the year 1759 in France. France is a major participant in the Seven Years' War and its North American theater, the French and Indian War. 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 Events January – Journal des Dames published in France. 16 February – Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, ends the French Army's 2-month siege of the British Indian fort at Madras and retreatsS. B. Bhattacherje Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates Sterling Publishers 2009 94 4 March–20 November – Étienne de Silhouette serves as Controller-General and attempts major financial reforms 5 March – Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie is proscribed by the Vatican and (on March 8) temporarily suppressed by the French government; the ban is lifted in September to allow publication of a revised versionMargaret Bald Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds https://books.google.com/books?id=SMiqYHR6xkMC&pg=PA93 2014 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-7148-7 93 13 April – Battle of Bergen in Hesse: French victory 4 July – Le Havre is bombarded by the British Royal NavyCélestin Hippeau Le gouvernement de Normandie au XVIIe et au XVIII siècle Caen Laporte 1863 370 25 July – British forces in North America capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé 26–27 July – Battle of Ticonderoga: At the southern end of Lake Champlain, French forces withdraw from Fort Carillon, which is taken by the British and renamed Fort Ticonderoga 1 August – Battle of Minden: French are defeated but withdraw in order 10 August – Bordeaux earthquake.BRGM https://sisfrance.irsn.fr/fiche-synthetique-330009 sisfrance.irsn.fr 2015-05-25 2021-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20210918142321/https://sisfrance.irsn.fr/fiche-synthetique-330009 dead 18 August – Battle of Lagos: The French fleet under Commodore Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran is defeated off the Portuguese coast 5 September & 28 October – Regulations issued for the production of printed cotton fabrics in the kingdom, permitting Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf to set up a manufactory in Jouy-en-Josas for the production of toile de JouyDecrusy Jourdan Isambert Recueil général des anciennes lois françaises Belin-Le Prieur 1827 103 10 September – Battle of Pondicherry: Naval battle off the coast of India between the French under Admiral d'Aché and the British; although the military outcome is indecisive, the French fleet is badly damaged and sails home, never to return to the subcontinent 13 September – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British forces led by James Wolfe defeat the French commanded by the Marquis de Montcalm (although both commanders are fatally wounded), leading to the capitulation of Quebec CityQuebec, Capture of Encyclopedia of Naval History Bruce, Anthony Cogar, William Routledge 2014 297 20 November – Battle of Quiberon Bay: The French fleet under Marshal de Conflans is defeated by the British under Edward Hawke off the coast of Brittany in the decisive naval engagement of the Seven Years' War – after this, the French are no longer able to field a significant fleet and a planned French invasion of Britain is abandoned Halley's Comet returns; a team of three mathematicians, Alexis Clairaut, Jérome Lalande and Nicole Reine Lepaute, have – for the first time – predicted the date Madame du Coudray publishes Abrégé de l'art des accouchements (The Art of Obstetrics), and the government authorizes her to carry her instruction "throughout the realm" and promises financial support Arts and literature 15 January – Voltaire's satire Candide is published simultaneously in five countries Births 29 January – Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, botanist (died 1828) 9 February – Jacques Desjardin, military officer (died 1807) 22 February – Claude Lecourbe, military general (died 1815) 21 May – Joseph Fouché, statesman (died 1820) 19 July – Jacques Anselme Dorthès, physician, entomologist and naturalist (died 1794)Nicolas Michel Histoire littéraire de Nîmes et des localités voisines qui forment actuellement le département du Gard 2016-08-05 BnF Paris 9782346019731 https://books.google.com/books?id=ewXNDAAAQBAJ&q=Jacques+Anselme+Dorth%C3%A8s&pg=PT260 2021-02-25 27 July – Pierre Charles Baquoy, historical painter and engraver (died 1829) 15 August – Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, miniature painter (died 1832) 26 October – Georges Danton, Revolutionary leader (executed 1794) 16 December – Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois, physicist and painter (died 1832) Deaths thumb |right |150 px |Lambert-Sigisbert Adam 10 March – Antoine Magnol, physician and botanist (born 1676) 28 April – Marie Louise Trichet, Catholic religious (born 1684) 12 May – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, sculptor (born 1700)Adam, Lambert Sigisbert Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 1 1915 2 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen da https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/1/0165.html 22 September 2015 3 June – Didier Diderot, craftsman (born 1685) 27 June – Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, economist (born 1712) 24 July – Antoine Gaubil, Jesuit missionary in China (born 1689) 27 July – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, mathematician and philosopher (born 1698) 14 September – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, military officer (born 1712) 16 September – Nicolas Antoine Boulanger, philosopher (born 1722) 18 October – Louis de Caix d'Hervelois, composer (born c.1670) 6 December – Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France, daughter of King Louis XV (born 1727) See also France History Lists References 1759 Category:1750s in France France