Events from the year 1731 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 9 April – The Diocese of Dijon established
Births
- 12 October – Jean-Baptiste Blanchard. Jesuit and educator (died 1797)[2]
Full date missing
- 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
Full date missing
- 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
References
- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles George, ed. (1907). "Jean-Baptiste Blanchard". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 1 September 2015.