1780 in France

Events from the year 1780 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XVI

Events

• 17 April – Battle of Martinique

Births

• 6 August – Georges Humann, financier and politician (died 1842)

Deaths

• 25 January – André Levret, obstetrician (born 1703)
• 12 April – Camille, Prince of Marsan, nobleman and Prince of Lorraine (born 1725)
• 3 August – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, philosopher (born 1715)
• 14 October – Pierre-Joseph Bourcet, tactician, general, chief of staff, mapmaker and military educator (born 1700)
• 16 November – Nicolas Joseph Laurent Gilbert, poet (born 1750)
• 15 December – Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay, naval officer (born 1723)

See also

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