1766 in France



Events from the year 1766 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XV

Events
On March 3, 1766, Louis XV gave a speech to the Parlement of Paris addressing his problems with the actions of the magistrates.

Art

 * Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water, oil painting by François Boucher

Dates known

 * July 8 - Dominique Jean Larrey, surgeon and military doctor(died 1842)
 * August 6 - Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, hydrographic engineer and cartographer (died 1854)

Full date missing

 * Louis-François Bertin, journalist and publisher (died 1841)
 * Thomas Henry (patron of the arts), painter and patron of the arts (died 1836)
 * Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga, military officer (died 1849)

Full date missing

 * Jean-Marc Nattier, painter (born 1685)
 * Adrien Maurice de Noailles, aristocrat and soldier (born 1678)
 * Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, decorator and architect (born 1695)
 * Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, military officer (born 1702)