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Events from the year 1723 in France
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Louis XV[1]
- Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (until 15 February)[2]
Events
[edit]- 15 February – King Louis XV attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the 7½-year Régence of his cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.[3]
- 22 March – 4 Protestant preachers are hanged at Montpellier.[4]
- 10 August – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, previously regent, is appointed by the King to serve as his chief minister, but dies in office less than four months later.
Births
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- 5 January – Nicole-Reine Lepaute, astronomer and mathematician (died 1788)
- 21 February – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, historian (died 1808)
- 30 April – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, zoologist (died 1806)[5]
- 11 July – Jean-François Marmontel, historian, writer (died 1799)
Deaths
[edit]- 13 March – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville, Protestant poet and historian (born 1650)
- 11 May – Jean Galbert de Campistron, dramatist (born 1656)
- 29 May – Jean de La Chapelle, novelist and playwright (born 1621)
- 10 August – Guillaume Dubois, cardinal and statesman (born 1656)
- 20 September – Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye, statesman (born 1663)
- 2 December – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, chief minister, ex-regent (born 1674)
- Full date missing – Charles d'Agar, painter (born 1669)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Chambers ́s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People. BoD – Books on Demand. 29 May 2020. p. 123. ISBN 978-3-8460-5435-2.
- ^ "Historical Events for Year 1723 – OnThisDay.com". Historyorb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ Devic, Claude; Vaissète, Joseph (1876). Histoire générale de Languedoc. Vol. 13. p. 980.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Brisson, Mathurin Jacques". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 4 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 2015-09-04.