Events from the year 1745 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV
Events
11 May – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch. 9 July – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Melle – The French are victorious in an engagement against the Pragmatic Allies. 14 September – Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV.
Births
6 January – Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799) 20 April – Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826) 8 July – Sara Banzet, educator and diarist (d. 1774)
Deaths
22 May – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671) 9 December – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) 19 December – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
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