1 March – King Louis XV of France decrees that all cities and towns in the kingdom will be required to post house numbering on all residential buildings, primarily to facilitate the forced quartering of troops in citizens' homes[2]
16 September – Louis XV appoints René de Maupeou as Chancellor (an office he will hold until 1790) and orders him to crush the judicial opposition
8 October – French conquest of Corsica: Battle of Borgo – French forces are defeated by Corsicans
29 October – French colonists in Louisiana refuse to accept the colony's acquisition by Spain and begin an uprising that forces Spanish Governor Antonio de Ulloa to flee[3]
^Rose-Redwood, Reuben S. (2009). "Indexing the Great Ledger of the Community: Urban House Numbering, City Directories and the Production of Spatial Legibility". In Berg, Lawrence D.; Vuolteenaho, Jani (eds.). Critical Toponymies: The Contested Politics of Place Naming. Ashgate Publishing. p. 199.
^Gayarré, Charles E. (1972) [1903]. History of Louisiana: The French Domination. Pelican Publishing. p. 308.