Events from the year 1782 in France:
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- 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)[2]
- Ironworks at Le Creusot established; first smelting with coke in France[3]
Arts and culture edit
Music edit
- 1 January – First performance of the opera Colinette à la cour
Births edit
- 18 August – Marcellin Marbot, general (died 1854)
- 28 August – Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'Argout, statesman, minister and governor (died 1858)
Full date missing edit
- Charles-René Laitié, sculptor (died 1862)
Deaths edit
- 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)[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XVI". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Gillispie, Charles Coulston (1983). The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783-1784. Princeton University Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-691-08321-5.
- ^ Dupont, Étienne (1862). Traite pratique de la jurisprudence des mines, minieres, forges et carrieres: a l'usage des exploitants, maitres de forges, ingenieurs, et des fonctionnaires, ressortissant aux ministeres des travaux publics, de l'interieur et de la justice (in French). Dunod. p. 109.
- ^ 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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