1778 in France

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Events from the year 1778 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Louis XVI{{cite web |title=BBC - History - King Louis XVI |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xvi.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=24 June 2022}}

Events

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6 February – Treaty of Alliance
27 July – Battle of Ushant

Births

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Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac, archaeologist (died 1867){{cite encyclopedia |title=Champollion (Figeac), Jacques Joseph |encyclopedia=Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon |volume=4 |year=1916 |edition=2 |editor=Blangstrup, Chr. |editor-link=Christian Blangstrup |publisher=J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel |location=Copenhagen |language=da |url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/4/0810.html |access-date=8 September 2015 }}

Deaths

30 May – Voltaire, writer, historian, and philosopher (born 1694){{cite web |title=Voltaire {{!}} Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Voltaire |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en}}

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François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault, botanist, zoologist and painter (born 1691)
Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny, Marshall of France (born 1689)
Pierre Laclède, fur trader, founder of St. Louis (born 1729)
Élisabeth Duparc, soprano singer
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, sculptor (born 1704)
Charles Clémencet, historian (born 1703)
Jean Girardet, painter (born 1709)

See also

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References

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