1789 in France
Years in France: | 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s |
Years: | 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 |
Events from the year 1789 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 5 May – Convention of the Estates-General of 1789, the first meeting since 1614 of the Estates-General
- 9 July – Forming of the National Constituent Assembly
- 14 July – Storming of the Bastille and French Revolution
- 5 October – Women's March on Versailles
Births
- 4 January – Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, military officer and politician (died 1865)
- 21 August – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, mathematician (died 1857)
- 28 August – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, nobility (died 1860)
- 31 December – Claudius Crozet, educator and engineer (died 1864)
Deaths
- 2 February – Armand-Louis Couperin, composer (born 1727)
- 9 May – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, military officer (born 1715)
- 15 May – Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, painter (born 1714)
- 15 July – Jacques Duphly, composer (born 1715)
- 3 December – Claude Joseph Vernet, painter (born 1714).[1]
References
- ↑ Holck, A (1927). "Vernet". In Blangstrup, Chr. Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). 24 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 960–961. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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