1745 in France
Events from the year 1745 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
Events
- 11 May - War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch.
- 9 July - War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Melle - The French are victorious in an engagement against the Pragmatic Allies.
- 14 September - Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV.
Births
- 6 January - Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor
- 20 April - Philippe Pinel, French physician
- 8 July - Sara Banzet, educator and diarist