1724 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV

Events

• The Rémy Martin cognac house is established.

Births

• July 31 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer
• October 16 - Joseph Alphonse de Véri, abbot
• December 30 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter

Deaths

• October 2 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer