1759 in France
Years in France: | 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s |
Years: | 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 |
Events from the year 1759 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 4 March–20 November – Étienne de Silhouette serves as Controller-General
- 13 April – Battle of Bergen
Births
Full date missing
- Jacques Desjardin, military officer (died 1807)
Deaths
Full date missing
- Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, sculptor (born 1700).[1]
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis, mathematician and philosopher (born 1698)
- Louis de Caix d'Hervelois, composer (born c.1670)
- Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, military officer (born 1712)
- Antoine Magnol, physician and botanist (born 1676)
- Marie Louise Trichet, Catholic figure (born 1684)
- Antoine Gaubil, Jesuit missionary (born 1689)
References
- ↑ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Adam, Lambert Sigisbert". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). 1 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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