1772 in France
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| Years in France: | 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 |
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| Years: | 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 |
Events from the year 1772 in France.
Contents
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
Events
- February 12
- Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean.
Births
- April 7 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- October 25 – Géraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
Deaths
- March 21 – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
- March 26 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
- June 15 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)
- October 8 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
