1766 in France
Events from the year 1766 in France.
Incumbents
Events
On 3 March 1766 Louis XV gave a speech to the Parlement of Paris addressing his problems with the actions of the magistrates.Art
- Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water, oil painting by François Boucher
Births
- 8 July - Dominique Jean Larrey, surgeon and military doctor
- 6 August - Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, hydrographic engineer and cartographer
- 7 October - Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga, military officer
- 14 December - Louis-François Bertin, journalist and publisher
Full date unknown
- Thomas Henry (patron of the arts), painter and patron of the arts
Deaths
- 19 January – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, decorator and architect
- 9 May – Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, military officer
- 24 June – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, aristocrat and soldier
- 7 November – Jean-Marc Nattier, painter