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France in 1742

Name: France in 1742 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for France in 1742, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records

5Events

3Named people

3Places

3Categories

Historical records

May

27 May 1742Battle of SahayFrancois-Marie de Broglie Broglie, 1st

Sahay · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Defeats the Austrians near Budweis. Created Duc de Broglie & made a peer of France after victory at Sahay

Other Events

1742Commander in ChiefFrancois-Marie de Broglie Broglie, 1st

Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Appointed Commander of the French Army in Germany

1742Musical Notation ProposalJean-Jacques Rousseau

Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Rousseau presents a new system of musical notation to the Academy of Sciences.

1742PeerageFrancois-Marie de Broglie Broglie, 1st

House / House of Broglie

Created Duc de Broglie & made a peer of France after victory at Sahay

1742Siege of PragueVictor-Francois de Broglie Broglie, 2nd

Prague · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Takes part in the siege of Prague

Names involved

Francois-Marie de Broglie Broglie, 1stJean-Jacques RousseauVictor-Francois de Broglie Broglie, 2nd

Places involved

ParisPragueSahay

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.