1767 in France

Events from the year 1767 in France.

Decades:

Incumbents

24 March â Spain acquires control of the Falkland Islands (les Ãles Malouines) from France, compensating Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville for the money spent on the construction of the settlement at Fort Saint Louis.^[2]
19 June â The last of several animals (probably wolves) to be known over the past 3 years as the Beast of GÃ©vaudan is shot.^[3]
24 October â Several anti-Jewish regulations in place since 1661, are repealed by the King's Council. While Jewish merchants are still prohibited from owning their own retail stores, they are allowed to sell merchandise on credit to gentile merchants at legal interest rates, to legally enforce debts, and to sell jewelry.^[4]

24 November â Ernelinde, princesse de NorvÃ¨ge, a three-act operatic tragÃ©die lyrique, composed by FranÃ§ois-AndrÃ© Danican Philidor, was first performed by the Paris Opera at the Salle des Machines in the Palais des Tuileries in Paris.

27 February â Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, statesman (died 1855)^[5]
25 March â Joachim Murat, general, Marshal of France, and King of Naples (died 1815)
4 April â Constance Marie Charpentier, painter (died 1849)
21 April â Ãtienne-Denis Pasquier, Chancelier de France (died 1862)
25 April â Nicolas Oudinot, Marshal of France (died 1847)
19 June â Joseph FranÃ§ois Michaud, historian and publicist (died 1839)
27 June â Alexis Bouvard, astronomer (died 1843)
25 August â Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, politician during the French Revolution (died 1794)^[6]
1 October â Victor Marie du Pont, diplomat (died 1827)
15 October â Gabriel Richard, Roman Catholic priest, second founder of the city of Detroit, MI, USA, and co-founder of the University of Michigan (died 1832)
25 October â Charlotte Louise de Rohan, noblewoman (died 1841)

9 February â Hubert Drouais, painter (born 1699)
19 February â FranÃ§ois Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix, physician and botanist (born 1706)
6 March â Jacques Clinchamps de MalfilÃ¢tre, poet (born 1732)
20 March â Firmin Abauzit, scientist (born 1679)
2 October â Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, engraver (born 1686)
7 November â Georges Vallon, architect (born 1688)