1782 in France
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Events from the year 1782 in France:
Incumbents[]
- Monarch – Louis XVI
Events[]
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Battle of Saint Kitts
- 25-26 January – Battle of Saint Kitts (American Revolutionary War): A French fleet under the Comte de Grasse clashes with the British in the West Indies
- 17 February – Battle of Sadras (Anglo-French War (1778–1783)): A French fleet under the Baillie de Suffren clashes with the British in the Bay of Bengal
- 22 February – Capture of Montserrat from the British
- 12 April – Battle of the Saintes: A French fleet under de Grasse is defeated by a British fleet under Admiral Rodney
- 19 April – Battle of the Mona Passage: Four French ships are captured by the British
- 6 July – Battle of Negapatam: A French fleet clashes with the British in the Bay of Bengal
- 14 December – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly a hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2 km (1.2 mi)[1]
- Ironworks at Le Creusot established; first smelting with coke in France
Arts and culture[]
Music[]
- 1 January – First performance of the opera Colinette à la cour
Births[]
- 28 August – Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'Argout, statesman, minister and governor (died 1858)
Full date missing[]
- Charles-René Laitié, sculptor (died 1862)
Deaths[]
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Jacques de Vaucanson
- 4 January – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, architect (born 1698)
- 2 March – Princess Sophie of France, princess (born 1734)
- 6 August – Nicolas Chédeville, composer (born 1705)
- 21 November – Jacques de Vaucanson, inventor and artist (born 1709).[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Gillispie, Charles Coulston (1983). The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783-1784. Princeton University Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-691-08321-5.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1928). "Vaucanson, Jacques de". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 24 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 611. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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