1786 in France
# 1786 in France

Events from the year 1786 in France.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Louis XVI

## Events

### September

* 26 September - The Eden Agreement, a trade treaty with Great Britain, is signed.
* 5 October - Death of Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquess of Méjanes; his book collection is bequeathed to form the basis of the Bibliothèque Méjanes at Aix-en-Provence.

## Births

* 11 January - Louis Tromelin
* 13 January - Pierre-Dominique Bazaine
* 23 January - Auguste de Montferrand
* 2 February - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
* 4 March - Amédée Despans-Cubières
* 31 March - Louis Vicat
* 20 April - Marc Seguin
* 9 July - Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France
* 10 July - John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières
* 31 August - Michel Eugène Chevreul
* 29 September - Auguste-François Michaut
* 10 October - François-Édouard Picot
* 21 October
   * Henry Lemoine
   * Louis Isidore Duperrey
* 30 December - André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac

## Deaths

* 7 January - Jean-Étienne Guettard
* 14 January - Catherine-Nicole Lemaure
* 6 March - Charles Germain de Saint Aubin
* 22 June - Claude Arnulphy
* 2 August - François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet
* 20 December - Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont
