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List of events
Events from the year
1759 in
France
. France is a major participant in the
Seven Years' War
and its North American theater, the
French and Indian War
.
Incumbents
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Events
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- 16 February –
Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally
, ends the
French Army
's 2-month siege of the
British Indian
fort at
Madras
and retreats
[2]
- 4 March?20 November –
Etienne de Silhouette
serves as Controller-General and attempts major financial reforms
- 5 March –
Denis Diderot
's
Encyclopedie
is proscribed by the
Vatican
and (on March 8) temporarily suppressed by the
French government
; the ban is lifted in September to allow publication of a revised version
[3]
- 13 April –
Battle of Bergen
in
Hesse
: French victory
- 4 July –
Le Havre
is bombarded by the
British Royal Navy
[4]
- 25 July – British forces in
North America
capture
Fort Niagara
from the French, who subsequently abandon
Fort Rouille
- 26?27 July –
Battle of Ticonderoga
: At the southern end of
Lake Champlain
, French forces withdraw from
Fort Carillon
, which is taken by the British and renamed
Fort Ticonderoga
- 1 August –
Battle of Minden
: French are defeated but withdraw in order
- 10 August –
Bordeaux
earthquake.
[5]
- 18 August –
Battle of Lagos
: The French fleet under Commodore
Jean-Francois de La Clue-Sabran
is defeated off the Portuguese coast
- 5 September & 28 October – Regulations issued for the production of printed cotton fabrics in the kingdom, permitting
Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf
to set up a manufactory in
Jouy-en-Josas
for the production of
toile de Jouy
[6]
- 10 September –
Battle of Pondicherry
: Naval battle off the coast of India between the French under Admiral d'Ache and the British; although the military outcome is indecisive, the French fleet is badly damaged and sails home, never to return to the subcontinent
- 13 September –
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
: British forces led by
James Wolfe
defeat the French commanded by the
Marquis de Montcalm
(although both commanders are fatally wounded), leading to the capitulation of
Quebec City
[7]
- 20 November –
Battle of Quiberon Bay
: The French fleet under
Marshal de Conflans
is defeated by the British under
Edward Hawke
off the coast of
Brittany
in the decisive naval engagement of the
Seven Years' War
? after this, the French are no longer able to field a significant fleet and a
planned French invasion of Britain
is abandoned
- Halley's comet
returns; a team of three mathematicians,
Alexis Clairaut
,
Jerome Lalande
and
Nicole Reine Lepaute
, have ? for the first time ? predicted the date
- Madame du Coudray
publishes
Abrege de l'art des accouchements
(The Art of Obstetrics), and the government authorizes her to carry her instruction "throughout the realm" and promises financial support
Arts and literature
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- 15 January –
Voltaire
's satire
Candide
is published simultaneously in five countries
Births
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- 29 January –
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
, botanist (died 1828)
- 9 February –
Jacques Desjardin
, military officer (died 1807)
- 22 February –
Claude Lecourbe
, military general (died 1815)
- 21 May –
Joseph Fouche
, statesman (died 1820)
- 19 July –
Jacques Anselme Dorthes
, physician, entomologist and naturalist (died 1794)
[8]
- 27 July –
Pierre Charles Baquoy
, historical painter and engraver (died 1829)
- 15 August –
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
, miniature painter (died 1832)
- 26 October –
Georges Danton
, Revolutionary leader (executed 1794)
- 16 December –
Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois
, physicist and painter (died 1832)
Deaths
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- 10 March –
Antoine Magnol
, physician and botanist (born 1676)
- 28 April –
Marie Louise Trichet
, Catholic religious (born 1684)
- 12 May –
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam
, sculptor (born 1700)
[9]
- 3 June –
Didier Diderot
, craftsman (born 1685)
- 27 June –
Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay
, economist (born 1712)
- 24 July –
Antoine Gaubil
, Jesuit missionary in China (born 1689)
- 27 July –
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
, mathematician and philosopher (born 1698)
- 14 September –
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
, military officer (born 1712)
- 16 September –
Nicolas Antoine Boulanger
, philosopher (born 1722)
- 18 October –
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois
, composer (born c.1670)
- 6 December –
Princess Louise-Elisabeth of France
, daughter of King
Louis XV of France
(born 1727)
See also
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References
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- ^
"BBC - History - King Louis XV"
.
www.bbc.co.uk
. Retrieved
17 June
2022
.
- ^
Bhattacherje, S. B. (2009).
Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates
. Sterling Publishers. p. 94.
- ^
Bald, Margaret (2014).
Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
. Infobase Publishing. p. 93.
ISBN
978-0-8160-7148-7
.
- ^
Hippeau, Celestin (1863).
Le gouvernement de Normandie au XVIIe et au XVIII siecle
. Caen: Laporte. p. 370.
- ^
"BRGM"
.
sisfrance.irsn.fr
. Archived from
the original
on 2021-09-18
. Retrieved
2015-05-25
.
- ^
Decrusy; Jourdan; Isambert (1827).
Recueil general des anciennes lois francaises
. Vol. Belin-Le Prieur. p. 103.
- ^
Bruce, Anthony; Cogar, William, eds. (2014). "Quebec, Capture of".
Encyclopedia of Naval History
. Routledge. p. 297.
- ^
Nicolas, Michel (2016-08-05).
Histoire litteraire de Nimes et des localites voisines qui forment actuellement le departement du Gard
. Paris: BnF.
ISBN
9782346019731
. Retrieved
2021-02-25
.
- ^
Blangstrup, Chr.
, ed. (1915).
"Adam, Lambert Sigisbert"
.
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
(in Danish). Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel
. Retrieved
22 September
2015
.
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