1754 in France
overview of France-related events during the year of 1754
Events from the year 1754 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch: Louis XV
Events
28 May – The Battle of Jumonville Glen begins the French and Indian War in North America: 22-year-old George Washington leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians.
3 July – French and Indian War: Battle of Fort Necessity – George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers.
Births
2 February – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)
15 January Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795)
17 February – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
17 March – Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793)
9 August – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
18 August – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d.
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