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Events from the year 1751 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 28 June – The first volume of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie (Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers) is published,[2][3] notably including a map of their figurative system of human knowledge.
- 3 December – Battle of Arnee in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led force under Robert Clive defeats and routs a much larger Franco-Indian army under the command of Raza Sahib at Arni.
Births
- 1 March – Amand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur, mesmerist (d. 1825)
Deaths
- 5 February – Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
See also
References
- ↑ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ d'Alembert, Jean Le Rond (1995). Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot. University of Chicago Press. p. xxviii.
- ↑ Stark, Sam (2005). Diderot: French Philosopher and Father of the Encyclopedia. The Rosen Publishing Group.
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