Events from the year 1747 in France.
Incumbents Monarch – Louis XV
Events 2 July – Battle of Lauffeld 19 July – Battle of Assietta
Births
23 January – Joséphine Leroux, Ursuline nun (died 1794) 13 April – Armand Louis de Gontaut, military officer and politician (died 1793) 29 May – Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, admiral (died 1812) 2 July – Rose Bertin, hatmaker and dressmaker (died 1813)
Deaths
7 March – Nicholas Mahudel, antiquarian (born 1673) 6 June – Jean-Baptiste Barrière, cellist and composer (born 1707) 9 November – Philibert Orry, statesman (born 1689)
Full date unknown Antoine Monnoyer, painter (born 1670)
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