1711 in France

1711
in
France
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See also:Other events of 1711
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Events from the year 1711 in France

Incumbents

Events

  • 3 April – Clipperton Island in the Pacific is rediscovered by Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, who claim it for France and map it.
  • 9 August–12 September – Siege of Bouchain (War of the Spanish Succession): the Duke of Marlborough breaks through the French lines.
  • 11 October – 245 people are killed in a crush on the Pont de la Guillotière [fr] in Lyon, caused when a large crowd returning from a festival on the other side of the Rhône becomes trapped against an obstruction in the middle of the bridge caused by a collision between a carriage and a cart.

Births

Deaths

Claudine Françoise Mignot

See also

References

  1. ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 581. Retrieved 2015-08-19.