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1723 In France
Events from the year 1723 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis XV of France, Louis XV *Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (until 15 February) Events *15 February – Louis XV of France, King Louis XV attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the 7½-year ''Régence'' of his cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. *22 March – 4 Protestant preachers are hanged at Montpellier. *10 August – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, previously regent, is appointed by the King to serve as his Chief minister of France, chief minister, but dies in office less than four months later. Births *5 January – Nicole-Reine Lepaute, astronomer and mathematician (died 1788) *21 February – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, historian (died 1808) *30 April – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, zoologist (died 1806) *11 July – Jean-François Marmontel, historian, writer (died 1799) Deaths *13 March – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville, Protestant poet and hist ... [...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] |
