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1745 in France
Events from the year
1745 in
France
.
Incumbents
Monarch:
Louis XV
Events
11 May –
War of the Austrian Succession
:
Battle of Fontenoy
– French forces defeat an
Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army
including the
Black Watch
.
9 July –
War of the Austrian Succession
:
Battle of Melle
– The French are victorious in an engagement against the
Pragmatic Allies
.
14 September –
Madame de Pompadour
is officially presented in the court of
Louis XV
.
Births
6 January –
Jacques-ÃÂtienne Montgolfier
, French inventor (d. 1799)
20 April –
Philippe Pinel
, French physician (d. 1826)
8 July –
Sara Banzet
, educator and diarist (d. 1774)
Deaths
22 May –
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie
, French military leader (b. 1671)
9 December –
ÃÂtienne Fourmont
, French orientalist (b. 1683)
19 December –
Jean-Baptiste van Loo
, French painter (b. 1684)
See also
References