1732 in France
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Events from the year 1732 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- The closing of the Saint-Médard Cemetery.[2]
Births
- 5 April - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter and printmaker (died 1806)
- 13 June - Honoré Fragonard, anatomist (died 1799)
- Pierre Augustin (died 1799)[3]
- 23 March - Princess of France Marie Adélaïde, the fourth daughter of King Louis XV.[4]
- 30 September 1732 - Jacques Necker, was a Swiss banker and became the finance minister of France during the reign of King Louis XVI.[5]
- 9 November - Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, a remarkable French writer.[6]
- 11 July - Jérôme Lalande, a French astronomer.[7]
Deaths
- 29 February - André Charles Boulle, cabinetmaker (born 1642)[8]
- 5 March - Joseph François Salomon, composer (born 1649)
- 18 April - Louis Feuillée, a French explorer geographer and batonist.[9]
Full date unknown
- Emine Mihrişah Sultan, concubine
- Claude Desgots
See also
References
- ↑ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ "The Smart Side of Paris: Saint Médard's Ghosts". Bonjour Paris. 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ↑ "Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | History | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
- ↑ Labille-Guiard, Adélaïde, Portrait de Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), retrieved 2026-06-28
- ↑ "Jacques Necker | Château de Versailles". en.chateauversailles.fr. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ "Julie de Lespinasse | Letters, Biography, & Facts | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ "Jérôme Lalande | Celestial Mechanics, Astronomy, Comets | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Boulle, Charles André". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Feuillée, Louis (1660-1732)".