Events from the year 1766 in France
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Incumbents
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editOn March 3, 1766, Louis XV gave a speech to the Parlement of Paris addressing his problems with the actions of the magistrates.[2]
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Art
edit- Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water, oil painting by François Boucher
Births
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Dates known
edit- July 8 - Dominique Jean Larrey, surgeon and military doctor(died 1842)
- August 6 - Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, hydrographic engineer and cartographer (died 1854)[3]
Full date missing
edit- Louis-François Bertin, journalist and publisher (died 1841)[4]
- Thomas Henry (patron of the arts), painter and patron of the arts (died 1836)
- Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga, military officer (died 1849)
Deaths
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edit- Jean-Marc Nattier, painter (born 1685)
- Adrien Maurice de Noailles, aristocrat and soldier (born 1678)
- Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, decorator and architect (born 1695)
- Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, military officer (born 1702)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ The "Session of the Scourging" (3 March 1766), 1766-03-03, retrieved 2023-01-31
- ^ "Beautemps-Beaupré, Charles-François (August 6, 1766 - March 16, 1854): Geographicus Rare Antique Maps". www.geographicus.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Bertin, Louis François". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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