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1772 In France
Events from the year 1772 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV Events * 12 February – Bretons, Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean. * The Veuve Clicquot, Clicquot Champagne house is founded by Philippe Clicquot in Reims. * Houbigant Parfum is founded by Jean-François Houbigant of Grasse in Paris. Births * 20 January – Angélique Brûlon, soldier, first female Knight of the Legion of Honour (d. 1859 in France, 1859) * 7 April – Charles Fourier, philosopher (d. 1837 in France, 1837) * 25 October – Géraud Duroc, general (d. 1813 in France, 1813) Deaths * 21 March – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, cartographer (b. 1703 in France, 1703) * 26 March – Charles Pinot Duclos, writer (b. 1704 in France, 1704) * 15 June – Louis-Claude Daquin, composer (b. 1694 in France, 1694) * 22 June – François-Vincent Toussaint, writer most famous for ''Les Mœurs'' (b. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
