Events from the year 1716 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV Regent: Philip II of Orleans
Events May Cassell's Chronology of WORLD HISTORY, Hywel Williams, p.295- John Law Scottish economist establishes Le Banque Générale in Paris. April – The Jacobite pretender to the British throne James Stuart is forced to leave France due to the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht. He takes up residence in the Papal exclave in Avignon and later moves to Italy.
Births 20 January - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist (died 1795) 29 May - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist (died 1800) 18 June - Joseph-Marie Vien, painter (died 1809) 16 December - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, diplomat and writer (died 1798) 26 December - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, poet (died 1803)
Deaths 13 December - Charles de La Fosse, painter (born 1640)
Full date unknown Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet, engineer (died 1796).
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