Events from the year 1734 in France.

Incumbents Monarch – Louis XV

Events 29 June – Battle of San Pietro 19 September – Battle of Guastalla

Births 18 February – Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, manufacturer and revolutionary (died 1793) 9 March – Marie-Suzanne Giroust, painter (died 1772) April – Nicolas Champenois, missionary (died 1811)

Full date unknown Gilles-Barnabé Guimard, architect (died 1805)

Deaths

9 February – Pierre Polinière, investigator of electricity and electrical phenomena (born 1671) 10 February – Jean Raoux, painter (born 1677) 1 April – Louis Lully, composer (born 1664) 21 May – Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans, princess (born 1714) 27 May – Claude Audran III, painter (born 1658) 12 June – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, military leader (born 1670) 5 September – Nicolas Bernier, composer (born 1664) 14 November – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, mistress of Charles II of England (born 1649) 21 November – Alexis Simon Belle, painter (born 1674)

Full date unknown Louis de Chastillon, painter (born c.1639) Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont, explorer (born 1679)

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