Charles de Brosses [SEP] date of death
Charles de Brosses
Charles de Brosses (), comte de Tournay, baron de Montfalcon, seigneur de Vezins et de Prevessin (7 February 1709 – 7 May 1777), was a French writer of the 18th century.
Life.
He was president of the parliament of his hometown Dijon from 1741, a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres from 1746, and a member of the "Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon" from 1761. He was a close friend
1709 in France
Events from the year 1709 in France
Incumbents.
- Monarch – Louis XIV
Events.
- 11 September – Battle of Malplaquet
Births.
Births Full date missing.
- Charles de Brosses, writer (died 1777).
Deaths.
Deaths Full date missing.
- Pascal Collasse, composer (baptized 1649)
- Thierry Ruinart, monk (born 1657)
- Louis de Verjus, politician and diplomat (born 1629)
- Thomas Corneille, dramatist (born