1782 in France
Years in France: | 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s |
Years: | 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 |
Events from the year 1782 in France
Incumbents
Events
- 25-26 January – Battle of Saint Kitts
- 17 February – Battle of Sadras
- 22 February – Capture of Montserrat
- 19 April – Battle of the Mona Passage
- 6 July – Battle of Negapatam
Arts and culture
Music
- 1 January – First performance of the opera Colinette à la cour
Births
- 28 August – Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'Argout, statesman, minister and governor (died 1858)
Full date missing
- Charles-René Laitié, sculptor (died 1862)
Deaths
- 4 January – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, architect (born 1698)
- 2 March – Princess Sophie of France, princess (born 1734)
- 6 August – Nicolas Chédeville, composer (born 1705)
- 21 November – Jacques de Vaucanson, inventor and artist (born 1709).[1]
References
- ↑ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1928). "Vaucanson, Jacques de". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). 24 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 611. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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