1716 in France
overview of France-related events during the year of 1716
Events from the year 1716 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch: Louis XV
Regent: Philip II of Orleans
Events
May - John Law Scottish economist establishes Le Banque Générale in Paris.
April – The Jacobite pretender to the British throne James Stuart is forced to leave France due to the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht. He takes up residence in the Papal exclave in Avignon and later moves to Italy.
Births
20 January - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist (died 1795)
29 May - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist (died 1800)
18 June - Joseph-Marie Vien, painter (died 1809)
16 December - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, diplomat and writer (died 1798)
26 December - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, poet (died 1803)
Deaths
13 December - Charles de La Fosse, painter (born 1640)
Full date unknown
Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet, engineer (died 1796).
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