1731 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 9 April – The Diocese of Dijon established
Births
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- 12 October – Jean-Baptiste Blanchard. Jesuit and educator (died 1797){{cite encyclopedia |title=Jean-Baptiste Blanchard |encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia |volume=2|year=1907 |editor=Herbermann, Charles George |editor-link=Charles George Herbermann |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |location=New York |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02592c.htm |access-date=1 September 2015 }}
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- Jean-Louis de Boubers, printer, publisher and bookseller (died 1804)
- André-Charles Cailleau, book publisher (died 1798)
- Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, chemist (died 1799)
Deaths
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- Étienne François Geoffroy, physician and chemist (born 1672)
- Antoine Houdar de la Motte, author (born 1672)
- Jean-François Leriget de La Faye, diplomat (born 1674)
- Blaise Gisbert, Jesuit rhetorician (born 1657)
- Charles Saint-Yves, ophthalmologist (born 1667)
See also
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