title: 1742 in France
text: # 1742 in France
  
  Events from the year 1742 in France.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Louis XV
  
  ## Events
  
  * 24 May – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Sahay
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 20 November – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (b. 1661)
  