Events from the year 1786 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XVI
Events September 26 September - The Eden Agreement, a trade treaty with Great Britain, is signed. 5 October - Death of Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquess of Méjanes; his book collection is bequeathed to form the basis of the Bibliothèque Méjanes at Aix-en-Provence.
Births 11 January - Louis Tromelin 13 January - Pierre-Dominique Bazaine 23 January - Auguste de Montferrand 2 February - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet 4 March - Amédée Despans-Cubières 31 March - Louis Vicat 20 April - Marc Seguin 9 July - Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France 10 July - John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières 31 August - Michel Eugène Chevreul 29 September - Auguste-François Michaut 10 October - François-Édouard Picot 21 October Henry Lemoine Louis Isidore Duperrey 30 December - André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac
Deaths 7 January - Jean-Étienne Guettard 14 January - Catherine-Nicole Lemaure 6 March - Charles Germain de Saint Aubin 22 June - Claude Arnulphy 2 August - François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet 20 December - Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont
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