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France in 1761

Historical records for France in 1761, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

June

6 June 1761Indian Ocean Transit ObservationsGuillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil

Indian Ocean · Science / Astronomy

Contributes to international efforts to determine the astronomical unit.

6 June 1761Transit of Venus ExpeditionGuillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil

Indian Ocean · Science / Astronomy

Attempts to observe the Venus transit during an extended scientific voyage.

December

1 December 1761Birth of Marie TussaudMarie Tussaud

Strasburg · Arts / Waxworks

Birth of Marie Tussaud

Other Events

1761Battle of VellinghausenVictor-Francois de Broglie Broglie, 2nd

Vellinghausen · Warfare / Seven Years War

Broglie is defeated at Vellinghausen

1761Julie or the New HeloiseJean-Jacques Rousseau

Amsterdam · Humanities / Philosophy

Rousseau publishes Julie, a novel exploring virtue, passion, education and social convention.

Names involved

Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le GentilJean-Jacques RousseauMarie TussaudVictor-Francois de Broglie Broglie, 2nd

Places involved

AmsterdamIndian OceanStrasburgVellinghausen

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.