1751 in France
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Events from the year 1751 in France.
==Incumbents==
Events
- 28 June – The first volume of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie (Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers) is published,{{cite book|first=Jean Le Rond|last=d'Alembert|title=Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1995|page=xxviii}}{{cite book|first=Sam|last=Stark|title=Diderot: French Philosopher and Father of the Encyclopedia|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|year=2005}} notably including a map of their figurative system of human knowledge.
- 3 December – Battle of Arnee in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led force under Robert Clive defeats and routs a much larger Franco-Indian army under the command of Raza Sahib at Arni.
Births
- 1 March – Amand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur, mesmerist (d. 1825)
Deaths
- 5 February – Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
See also
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