When did Antoine Lavoisier marry Marie-Anne Paulze?

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Antoine Lavoisier married Marie-Anne Paulze in 1771. This marriage took place three years after he joined the General Farm, a financial enterprise he invested in shortly before entering the Academy of Sciences in 1768.12