1731 in France

Events from the year 1731 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XV

Events

 * 9 April – The Diocese of Dijon established

Births



 * 12 October – Jean-Baptiste Blanchard. Jesuit and educator (died 1797)

Full date missing

 * Jean-Louis de Boubers, printer, publisher and bookseller (died 1804)
 * André-Charles Cailleau, book publisher (died 1798)
 * Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, chemist (died 1799)

Full date missing

 * Étienne François Geoffroy, physician and chemist (born 1672)
 * Antoine Houdar de la Motte, author (born 1672)
 * Jean-François Leriget de La Faye, diplomat (born 1674)
 * Blaise Gisbert, Jesuit rhetorician (born 1657)
 * Charles Saint-Yves, ophthalmologist (born 1667)