1723 in France

Events from the year 1723 in France

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Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XV
• Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (until 15 February)

Events

• 15 February – King Louis XV attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the 7½-year Régence of his cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.
• 22 March – 4 Protestant preachers are hanged at Montpellier.
• 10 August – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, previously regent, is appointed by the King to serve as his chief minister, but dies in office less than four months later.

Births

Mathurin Jacques Brisson

• 5 January – Nicole-Reine Lepaute, astronomer and mathematician (died 1788)
• 21 February – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, historian (died 1808)
• 30 April – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, zoologist (died 1806)
• 11 July – Jean-François Marmontel, historian, writer (died 1799)

Deaths

• 13 March – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville, Protestant poet and historian (born 1650)
• 11 May – Jean Galbert de Campistron, dramatist (born 1656)
• 29 May – Jean de La Chapelle, novelist and playwright (born 1621)
• 10 August – Guillaume Dubois, cardinal and statesman (born 1656)
• 20 September – Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye, statesman (born 1663)
• 2 December – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, chief minister, ex-regent (born 1674)
• Full date missing – Charles d'Agar, painter (born 1669)