1772 in France

Events from the year 1772 in France.

==Incumbents==

Monarch: Louis XV{{cite web |title=BBC - History - King Louis XV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xv.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 June 2022}}

Events

12 February – Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean.
The Clicquot Champagne house is founded by Philippe Clicquot in Reims.
Houbigant Parfum is founded by Jean-François Houbigant of Grasse in Paris.{{cite news|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/a-sneak-peek-at-pariss-new-grand-musee-du-parfum|title=Paris's New Perfume Museum Smells Amazing (Obviously)|last1=Nicklin|first1=Mary Winston|date=2016-11-28|work=Condé Nast Traveler|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en}}

20 January – Angélique Brûlon, soldier, first female Knight of the Legion of Honour (d. 1859)
7 April – Charles Fourier, philosopher (d. 1837)
25 October – Géraud Duroc, general (d. 1813)

21 March – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, cartographer (b. 1703)
26 March – Charles Pinot Duclos, writer (b. 1704)
15 June – Louis-Claude Daquin, composer (b. 1694)
22 June – François-Vincent Toussaint, writer most famous for Les Mœurs (b. 1715)
8 October – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, violinist and composer (b. 1711)