1728 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV

Events

Births

• March 5 - Jacques Beaufranchet, Beauvoisis regiment captain
• October 5 - Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat, spy, soldier and transvestite

Deaths

• May 14 - Louise Marie d'Orléans, Mademoiselle, French princess
• August 15 - Marin Marais, French viol player and composer