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1747 in France

Explore 7 historical events and records for France in 1747.

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Historical records for France in 1747

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July

Battle of Laufield

Saxe, Maurice de · Laufield · Marshal · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Defeats the Duke of Cumberlands Anglo-Dutch Army

September

Capture of Bergen

Saxe, Maurice de · Bergen · Marshal · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

The French consolidate their occupation of Austrian Flanders

Rule of Austria

Saxe, Maurice de · Bergen · Marshal · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

The French consolidate their occupation of Austrian Flanders

Other events (month unknown)

Battle of Exiles

Montcalm-Gozon, Louis-Joseph · Exiles · Brigadier · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Serves at the Battle of Exiles

Battle of Placentia

Montcalm-Gozon, Louis-Joseph · Placentia · Brigadier · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Serves at the Battle of Placentia

Brigadier General

Montcalm-Gozon, Louis-Joseph · Brigadier · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Appointed Brigadier by Louis XV

Man a Machine

La Mettrie, Julien Offray de · Leiden · Philosopher · Humanities / Philosophy

La Mettrie anonymously publishes Man a Machine, presenting his best-known mechanistic materialism.

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