Events from the year 1722 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Events University of Burgundy established in Dijon.
Births 19 February – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, author (died 1774) 7 March – Louis-Jacques Goussier, illustrator (died 1799) 23 March – Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, astronomer (died 1769) 23 May – Claudius Franciscus Gagnières des Granges, Jesuit (massacred 1792) 14 July – Jean-Pierre du Teil, general (died 1794) 23 July Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, salon holder (died 1800) Antoine Petit, physician (died 1794) 11 November – Nicolas Antoine Boulanger, philosopher (died 1759) 22 November – Marc Antoine René de Voyer, ambassador and Minister of War (died 1787) 1 December – Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, writer (died 1763) 4 December – Guillaume Piguel, French-born Apostolic Vicar of Cochin (died 1771)
Deaths
23 January – Henri de Boulainvilliers, nobleman and historian (born 1658) 4 May – Claude Gillot, painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker and theatrical designer (born 1673) 20 May – Sébastien Vaillant, botanist (born 1669) 23 May – Pierre Aveline, engraver (born 1656) 26 September – Guillaume Massieu, clergyman (born 1665)
Full date unknown Charles de Ferriol, ambassador (born 1652)
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