1736 in France
Years in France: | 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s |
Years: | 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 |
Events from the year 1736 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
Events
- May 26 – Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw Native Americans defeat French troops.
- June 19 – French Academy of Sciences expedition led by Pierre Louis Maupertuis, with Anders Celsius, begins work on measuring a meridian arc in Meänmaa of Finland.[1]
Births
- June 14 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (d. 1806)
- August 26 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist (d. 1790)
- September 15 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer (d. 1793)
Deaths
- April 24 – Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
References
- ↑ Piippola, Takalo. "Degree measurements by de Maupertuis in the Tornionlaakso Valley 1736-1737". Retrieved 2012-05-06.
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