Events from the year 1740 in France

Incumbents

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* Vincennes porcelain factory established. *Approximate date − The mystical tradition called Martinism is established as a masonic high-degree order.

Births

*12 April −

Claude André Deseine Claude-André Deseine (12 April 1740 – 30 December 1823) was a French sculptor and the elder brother of Louis-Pierre Deseine. Life Deseine was the son of an artisan and his wife, and was one of many (perhaps more than fifteen) children. Hi ...

, sculptor (d. 1823) *26 April − Jean-Jacques Paulet, mycologist (d. 1826) *2 June −

Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well as numerous accusat ...

, nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer (d. 1814) *6 June − Louis-Sébastien Mercier, dramatist and writer (d. 1814) *10 July − Louis-Étienne Ricard, politician (d. 1840) *27 July − Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1807)

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Catherine Éléonore Bénard Marie Catherine Éléonore Bénard (Catherine Éléonore Bernard; 1740 - 23 February 1769) was a French lady-in-waiting and alleged ''petite maîtresse'' to King Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis th ...

, noble (d. 1769) *

François Cointeraux François Cointeraux (1740–1830) was a French architect. He "discovered" pisé de terre (rammed earth) architecture in the Lyon region and promulgated its use in Paris. Born in Lyon, he was the nephew of a master mason, with whom he learned ...

, architect (d.

1830 It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Events January–March * January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...

) * Jean Baptiste François de La Villéon, vice-admiral

Deaths

*27 January −

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a '' pr ...

, Prime Minister of France (born 1692) *15 February −

Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers Nicolas Prosper Bauyn, seigneur d’Angervilliers (15 January 1675 – 15 February 1740) was a French politician. He served as intendant de Dauphiné, intendant d'Alsace, and finally as Secretary of State for War from July 1728 until his death. ...

, politician (born 1675) *2 March −

John Gagnier John Gagnier (1670?–1740) was a French orientalist, resident for much of his life in England. Biography Gagnier was born in Paris about 1670, and educated at the College of Navarre. His tutor, Le Bossu, showed him a copy of Brian Walton's 'Pol ...

, orientalist (born 1670?) *July −

Jacques Barbel Jacques Barbel ( c. 1670 – 30 July 1740) was a French soldier in Canada who stayed in the country and became a part of the history of Quebec. His daughter, Marie-Anne Barbel and her husband, Louis Fornel became successful merchants as well. B ...

, French soldier in Canada (born c.1670)

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Jacques Cassard Jacques Cassard (30 September 1679 – 1740) was a French naval officer and privateer. Biography Born on 30 September 1679 to a family of merchants of Nantes, Cassard began a career as a sailor at age 14 on the merchantmen owned by his fa ...

, naval officer (born 1679) * Pierre Crozat, art collector (born 1665) * Jean Soanen, bishop (born 1647)

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