1781 in France
Events from the year 1781 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 January - Battle of Jersey
- May - Invasion of Tobago
- 12 December - Battle of Ushant
Science
- Messier 87, a supergiant elliptical galaxy, was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier.
Births
- 27 March - Charles Joseph Minard, engineer
- 1 May - François-Désiré Breton, naval officer
Deaths
- 18 March - Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, statesman
- 16 August - Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, soldier and diplomat
- 12 December - Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop