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