1779 in France

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Events in the year 1779 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

12 April - Treaty of Aranjuez (1779)
June–September - Armada of 1779
2-4 July - Capture of Grenada (1779)
6 July - Battle of Grenada
6 October - Action of 6 October 1779

Births

7 October - Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais, younger brother of King Louis-Philippe I of the French{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=William Cooke |title=Memoirs of the House of Orleans: Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Characters in France During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |publisher=R. Bentley |year=1850 |location=United Kingdom |pages=182}}

Deaths

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References

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