1713 in France
Events from the year 1713 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 11 April - The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession; France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.
Arts and culture
La Foire de Guibray, farce by Alain-René LesageArlequin Mahomet, farce by Alain-René LesageLe Tombeau de Nostradamus, farce by Alain-René Lesage, first performed at the Foire de Saint Laurent in 1714.Births
- 2 January - Marie Dumesnil, actress.
- 6 August - Marie Sophie de Courcillon, noblewoman.
- 3 October - Antoine Dauvergne, composer and violinist.
- 5 October - Denis Diderot, philosopher
- 28 December - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer.
Deaths
- 11 January - Pierre Jurieu, Protestant leader
- 24 March - Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, Catholic Cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais
- 6 September - François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, ecclesiastic, diplomat and poet
- 9 November - Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye, general