1716 in France
Events from the year 1716 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
- Regent: Philip II of Orleans
Events
- May - John Law Scottish economist establishes Le Banque Générale in Paris.
- April – The Jacobite pretender to the British throne James Stuart is forced to leave France due to the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht. He takes up residence in the Papal exclave in Avignon and later moves to Italy.
Births
- 20 January - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist
- 29 May - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist
- 18 June - Joseph-Marie Vien, painter
- 16 December - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, diplomat and writer
- 26 December - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, poet
Deaths
- 13 December - Charles de La Fosse, painter