1779 in France

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1779
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Events in the year 1779 in France .

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References

  1. "BBC - History - King Louis XVI". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. Taylor, William Cooke (1850). Memoirs of the House of Orleans: Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Characters in France During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. United Kingdom: R. Bentley. p. 182.