Events from the year 1740 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Louis XV
Events Vincennes porcelain factory established.Tamara Préaud, ed. Porcelaines de Vincennes: les origines de Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais, October 1977–January 1978. Approximate date − The mystical tradition called Martinism is established as a masonic high-degree order.
Births
12 April − Claude André Deseine, sculptor (d. 1823) 26 April − Jean-Jacques Paulet, mycologist (d. 1826) 2 June − Marquis de Sade, nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer (d. 1814) 6 June − Louis-Sébastien Mercier, dramatist and writer (d. 1814) 10 July − Louis-Étienne Ricard, politician (d. 1840)Biographical details on the National Assembly's site 27 July − Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1807)
Full date unknown Catherine Éléonore Bénard, noble (d. 1769) François Cointeraux, architect (d. 1830) Jean Baptiste François de La Villéon, vice-admiral
Deaths 27 January − Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (born 1692) 15 February − Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers, politician (born 1675) 2 March − John Gagnier, orientalist (born 1670?) July − Jacques Barbel, French soldier in Canada (born c.1670)
Full date unknown Jacques Cassard, naval officer (born 1679) Pierre Crozat, art collector (born 1665) Jean Soanen, bishop (born 1647)
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