1781 in France
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Events from the year 1781 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 January â Battle of Jersey
- May â Invasion of Tobago
- 12 December â Battle of Ushant
Science
- Messier 87, a supergiant elliptical galaxy, was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier.
Births
- 27 March â Charles Joseph Minard, engineer (died 1870)
- 1 May â François-Désiré Breton, naval officer
Deaths
- 18 March â Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, statesman (born 1727)[2]
- 16 August â Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, soldier and diplomat (born 1719)
- 12 December â Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop (born 1703)
