1751 in France
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Events from the year 1751 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 28 June â The first volume of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie (Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers) is published,[2][3] notably including a map of their figurative system of human knowledge.
- 3 December â Battle of Arnee in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led force under Robert Clive defeats and routs a much larger Franco-Indian army under the command of Raza Sahib at Arni.
Births
- 1 March â Amand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur, mesmerist (d. 1825)
Deaths
- 5 February â Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
