1766 in France

France in 1766 1766 thumb|right|150px| Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water, oil painting from 1766 by François Boucher 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 In 1766, France was an absolute, divine-right monarchy. Society had been divided into the Three Estates. Under the reign of King Louis XV, commoners in the Third Estate faced profound social and economic inequality.Mark Harrison W. 2022-03-07 The Three Estates of Pre-Revolutionary France https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1960/the-three-estates-of-pre-revolutionary-france/ World History Encyclopedia en On February 23, 1766, the Duchy of Lorraine was formally annexed by the Kingdom of France, marking the kingdom's largest territorial gain since the 17th century.Lorraine Becomes Part of France Law Research Starters EBSCO Research https://www.ebsco.com/ 2026-06-07 EBSCO en On March 3, 1766, Louis XV gave a speech to the Parlement of Paris, famously known as the "Séance de la flagellation", or "Session of the Scourging." He addressed his problems with the actions of the magistrates,The "Session of the Scourging" (3 March 1766) 1766-03-03 https://revolution.chnm.org/d/236 2023-01-31 opposing the idea of unity and delivering a strong statement promoting absolutism. His aggressive assertion of authority further divided France. Art Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water, oil painting by François Boucher The Swing (commissioned 1766, painted 1767), oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard Births thumb|150px| Louis-François Bertin 8 July – Dominique Jean Larrey, surgeon and military doctor(died 1842) 6 August – Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, hydrographic engineer and cartographer (died 1854)Beautemps-Beaupré, Charles-François (August 6, 1766 - March 16, 1854): Geographicus Rare Antique Maps https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=beautempsbeaupre 2023-01-31 www.geographicus.com 7 October – Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga, military officer (died 1849) 14 December – Louis-François Bertin, journalist and publisher (died 1841)Bertin, Louis François Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 3 1915 2 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen da https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/3/0102.html 3 September 2015 Full date unknown Thomas Henry (patron of the arts), painter and patron of the arts (died 1836) Deaths 19 January – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, decorator and architect (born 1695) 9 May – Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, military officer (born 1702) 24 June – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, aristocrat and soldier (born 1678) 7 November – Jean-Marc Nattier, painter (born 1685) See also France History Lists References 1766 October 2022 Category:1760s in France France