1770 in France

Events from the year 1770 in France.

Incumbents

16 May – 14-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis-Auguste (who in 1774 becomes King Louis XVI) at the Palace of Versailles
20 May – A stampede at a celebration of the newly wedded Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste in Paris kills more than a hundred people
3 June – The 7.5 Port-au-Prince earthquake affects the French colony of Saint-Domingue with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 250 or more
14 JuneÃ¢ÂÂ3 October – Charles Messier observes Lexell's Comet as it passes closer to Earth than any other in recorded history
7 December – Louis XV issues the Edict of December, dismissing rebellious magistrates of the Parlements of Paris and the other 13 provinces
24 December – CÃÂ©sar Gabriel de Choiseul is dismissed from his position as Secretary of the Navy by the king
Cemetery of Saint-Louis, Versailles established
Joseph-Louis Lagrange proves Bachet's conjecture
The Baron d'Holbach's (anonymous) materialist work Le SystÃÂ¨me de la Nature ou Des Loix du Monde Physique et du Monde Moral is published

20 January – The new ThÃÂ©ÃÂ¢tre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-HonorÃÂ©), the first purpose-built opera house in Paris, designed by Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, is inaugurated with a performance of Rameau's Zoroastre
16 May – The new OpÃÂ©ra royal de Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is inaugurated.
27 October – First performance of the opera Les deux avares, written by AndrÃÂ© GrÃÂ©try, at Fontainebleau
December – The Library of the Sorbonne in Paris is opened to the public
The ThÃÂ©ÃÂ¢tre DÃÂ©jazet is established in Paris by the Comte d'Artois
Anne Vallayer-Coster is admitted to the AcadÃÂ©mie royale de peinture et de sculpture at the age of 26

5 February – Alexandre Brongniart, chemist, mineralogist and zoologist (died 1847)
21 February – Georges Mouton, Marshal of France (died 1838)
2 March – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Marshal of France (died 1826)
25 March – Antoine Richepanse, revolutionary general (died 1802)
10 May – Louis-Nicolas Davout, Marshal of France (died 1823)
18 December – Nicolas Joseph Maison, Marshal of France, Minister of War (died 1840)