1722 in France
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Events from the year 1722 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- University of Burgundy established in Dijon.
Births
- 19 February â Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, author (died 1774)
- 7 March â Louis-Jacques Goussier, illustrator (died 1799)
- 23 March â Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, astronomer (died 1769)
- 23 May â Claudius Franciscus Gagnières des Granges, Jesuit (massacred 1792)
- 14 July â Jean-Pierre du Teil, general (died 1794)
- 23 July
- Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, salon holder (died 1800)
- Antoine Petit, physician (died 1794)
- 11 November â Nicolas Antoine Boulanger, philosopher (died 1759)
- 22 November â Marc Antoine René de Voyer, ambassador and Minister of War (died 1787)
- 1 December â Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, writer (died 1763)
- 4 December â Guillaume Piguel, French-born Apostolic Vicar of Cochin (died 1771)
Deaths
- 23 January â Henri de Boulainvilliers, nobleman and historian (born 1658)[3]
- 4 May â Claude Gillot, painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker and theatrical designer (born 1673)
- 20 May â Sébastien Vaillant, botanist (born 1669)
- 23 May â Pierre Aveline, engraver (born 1656)
- 26 September â Guillaume Massieu, clergyman (born 1665)
Full date unknown
- Charles de Ferriol, ambassador (born 1652)
