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1723 in France
Events from the year
1723 in
France
.
Incumbents
Monarch
–
Louis XV
Regent:
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
(until 15 February)
Events
15 February â King
Louis XV
attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the 7ý-year
Régence
of his cousin
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
.
22 March â 4 Protestant preachers are hanged at
Montpellier
.
10 August âÂÂ
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
, previously
regent
, is appointed by the King to serve as his
chief minister
, but dies in office less than four months later.
Births
5 January âÂÂ
Nicole-Reine Lepaute
, astronomer and mathematician (died 1788)
21 February âÂÂ
Louis-Pierre Anquetil
, historian (died 1808)
30 April âÂÂ
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
, zoologist (died 1806)
11 July âÂÂ
Jean-François Marmontel
, historian, writer (died 1799)
Deaths
13 March âÂÂ
René Auguste Constantin de Renneville
, Protestant poet and historian (born 1650)
11 May âÂÂ
Jean Galbert de Campistron
, dramatist (born 1656)
29 May âÂÂ
Jean de La Chapelle
, novelist and playwright (born 1621)
10 August âÂÂ
Guillaume Dubois
, cardinal and statesman (born 1656)
20 September âÂÂ
Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye
, statesman (born 1663)
2 December âÂÂ
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
, chief minister, ex-regent (born 1674)
Full date unknown
Charles d'Agar
, painter (born 1669)
See also
References