Events from the year 1778 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 February – Treaty of Alliance
- 27 July – Battle of Ushant
Births
Full date missing
- Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac, archaeologist (died 1867)[2]
Deaths
- 9 January – Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny, Marshall of France (born 1689)
- 25 May – Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, sculptor (born 1704)
- 30 May – Voltaire, writer, historian, and philosopher (born 1694)[3]
- 20 June – Pierre Laclède, fur trader, founder of St. Louis (born 1729)
- 20 July – Élisabeth Duparc, soprano singer
- 3 August – François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault, botanist, zoologist and painter (born 1691)
- 5 August – Charles Clémencet, historian (born 1703)
- 28 September – Jean Girardet, painter (born 1709)
References
- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XVI". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.) (1916). "Champollion (Figeac), Jacques Joseph" (in Danish). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. Vol. 4. 2 ed. Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Voltaire | Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.