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Events from the year 1725 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 16 September – The Treaty of Hanover is signed between Great Britain, France and Prussia.
- 1725–1730 - Freemasonry is established in France as an English import.
Births
- 25 January – Antoine Court de Gébelin, French pastor (d. 1784)
- 26 February – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)
- 12 May – Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (d. 1785)
- 12 May – Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807)
- 21 August – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
- 5 September – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
- 12 September – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
- 16 September – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
- 12 October – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
Deaths
- 6 April – Étienne Chauvin, French Protestant divine (b. 1640)
- 16 September – Antoine V de Gramont, French military leader (b. 1672)
- 10 October – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. c.1643)
- 7 December – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
See also
References
- ↑ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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