1786 in France

Events from the year 1786 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Louis XVI

September

 * 26 September - The Eden Agreement, a trade treaty with Great Britain, is signed.
 * 5 October - Death of Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquess of Méjanes; his book collection is bequeathed to form the basis of the Bibliothèque Méjanes at Aix-en-Provence.

Births

 * 11 January - Louis Tromelin
 * 13 January - Pierre-Dominique Bazaine
 * 23 January - Auguste de Montferrand
 * 2 February - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
 * 4 March - Amédée Despans-Cubières
 * 31 March - Louis Vicat
 * 20 April - Marc Seguin
 * 9 July - Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France
 * 10 July - John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières
 * 31 August - Michel Eugène Chevreul
 * 29 September - Auguste-François Michaut
 * 10 October - François-Édouard Picot
 * 21 October
 * Henry Lemoine
 * Louis Isidore Duperrey
 * 30 December - André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac

Deaths

 * 7 January - Jean-Étienne Guettard
 * 14 January - Catherine-Nicole Lemaure
 * 6 March - Charles Germain de Saint Aubin
 * 22 June - Claude Arnulphy
 * 2 August - François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet
 * 20 December - Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont