1721 in France
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Events from the year 1721 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV[1]
- Regent: Philip II of Orleans[2]
Events
Births
- October 19 â Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
- December 6 â Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
- December 29 â Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (d. 1764)
Deaths
- April 14 â Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
- July 18 â Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
- August 13 â Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
- Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641)
