1722 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV
• Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

Events

• University of Burgundy established in Dijon.

Births

• 19 February - Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, author
• 7 March - Louis-Jacques Goussier, illustrator
• 23 March - Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, astronomer
• 23 May - Claudius Franciscus Gagnières des Granges, Jesuit
• 14 July - Jean-Pierre du Teil, general
• 23 July
• *Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, salon holder
• *Antoine Petit, physician
• 11 November - Nicolas Antoine Boulanger, philosopher
• 22 November - Marc Antoine René de Voyer, ambassador and Minister of War
• 1 December - Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, writer
• 4 December - Guillaume Piguel, French-born Apostolic Vicar of Cochin

Deaths

• 23 January - Henri de Boulainvilliers, nobleman and historian
• 4 May - Claude Gillot, painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker and theatrical designer
• 20 May - Sébastien Vaillant, botanist
• 23 May - Pierre Aveline, engraver
• 26 September - Guillaume Massieu, clergyman

Full date unknown

• Charles de Ferriol, ambassador