Events from the year 1772 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV
Events 12 February – Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean. The Clicquot Champagne house is founded by Philippe Clicquot in Reims. Houbigant Parfum is founded by Jean-François Houbigant of Grasse in Paris.
Births 20 January – Angélique Brûlon, soldier, first female Knight of the Legion of Honour (d. 1859) 7 April – Charles Fourier, philosopher (d. 1837) 25 October – Géraud Duroc, general (d. 1813)
Deaths 21 March – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, cartographer (b. 1703) 26 March – Charles Pinot Duclos, writer (b. 1704) 15 June – Louis-Claude Daquin, composer (b. 1694) 22 June – François-Vincent Toussaint, writer most famous for Les Mœurs (b. 1715) 8 October – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, violinist and composer (b. 1711)
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