Events from the year 1787 in

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, Pac ...

Incumbents

*Monarch:

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

Events

February

*22 February - The

Assembly of Notables An Assembly of Notables (French: ''Assemblée des notables'') was a group of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries convened by the King of France on extraordinary occasions to consult on matters of state. Assemblymen were p ...

is held

November

*7 November -

signs the

Edict of Versailles The Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance, was an official act that gave non-Catholics in France the access to civil rights formerly denied to them, which included the right to contract marriages without having to convert to th ...

, giving religious freedom to non-Catholics in France. *21 November - The

Treaty of Versailles (1787) The Treaty of Versailles of 1787 was a treaty of alliance signed between the French king Louis XVI and the Vietnamese lord Nguyễn Ánh, the future Emperor Gia Long. Nguyễn Ánh, whose family, the Nguyễn family, had been decimated by the ...

is signed between

and the

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...

prince

Nguyễn Ánh Gia Long ( (''North''), ('' South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unif ...

Births

*24 January -

Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville Christophe-Paulin de La Poix, chevalier de Fréminville (24 January 1787Levot, p. 195 – 12 January 1848Levot, p. 197) was a French Navy Commander, naturalist, archeologist and pioneer of transvestism. Career La Poix de Fréminville was born ...

*2 February -

Charles Etienne Boniface Charles Etienne Boniface (2 February 1787 – 10 December 1853) was an early nineteenth century music teacher, playwright, journalist and polyglot who was born in France, but who spent his adult life in Southern Africa. His writings and comp ...

*8 February -

Théodore Basset de Jolimont François Gabriel Théodore Basset de Jolimont (8 February 1787 – 1854) was a French artist, lithographer, painter and antiquary. Biography de Jolimont was born at Martainville-Épreville, Martainville, not far from Rouen, on 8 February ...

*2 May -

Martial de Guernon-Ranville Count Martial Côme Annibal Perpétue Magloire de Guernon-Ranville (2 May 1787 – 30 November 1866) was a French magistrate and politician. He was Minister of Public Education and Religious Affairs in the Ministry of Jules de Polignac during the l ...

*1 August -

Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, 2nd Duke of Talleyrand, 2nd Duke of Dino (1 August 1787 – 14 May 1872), was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars. Early life He was born in Paris, the son of Archambaud de Talleyrand-Périgord (1762–1838) an ...

*15 August - Francois Sudre

Deaths

*13 February - Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

References

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