1771 in France
Years in France: | 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s |
Years: | 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 |
Events from the year 1771 in France
Incumbents
Births
- 3 January – Louis Pierre Édouard, Baron Bignon, diplomat and historian (died 1841).[1]
- 19 June – Joseph Diaz Gergonne, mathematician and logician (died 1859)
- 18 August – Louis-François Bertin de Vaux, journalist (died 1842)
Deaths
- 20 February – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, geophysicist, astronomer and chronobiologist (born 1678)
- 27 December – Henri Pitot, hydraulic engineer, inventor of the pitot tube (born 1695)
References
- ↑ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Bignon, Louis Pierre Edouard". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish) 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 212. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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