1747 in France

Events from the year 1747 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XV

Events

 * 2 July – Battle of Lauffeld
 * 19 July – Battle of Assietta

Full date missing

 * Armand Louis de Gontaut military officer and politician (died 1793)
 * Rose Bertin, hatmaker and dressmaker (died 1813)
 * Joséphine Leroux, Ursuline nun (died 1794)

Full date missing

 * Philibert Orry, statesman (born 1689)
 * Jean-Baptiste Barrière, cellist and composer (born 1707)
 * Antoine Monnoyer, painter (born 1670)
 * Nicholas Mahudel, antiquarian (born 1673)