Events from the year 1745 in France.
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Incumbents
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- 11 May – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch.[2]
- 9 July – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Melle – The French are victorious in an engagement against the Pragmatic Allies.
- 14 September – Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV of France.
Births
edit- 6 January – Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
- 20 April – Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
- 8 July – Sara Banzet, educator and diarist (d. 1774)
Deaths
edit- 22 May ndash; François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
- 9 December – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)
- 19 December – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 310–311. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.