1704 in France
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Events from the year 1704 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- 13 August – War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Blenheim: Allied troops under John Churchill, the Earl of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat the Franco-Bavarian army.[1]
Births
- 12 February – Charles Pinot Duclos, writer (died 1772)
- 28 February – Louis Godin, astronomer (died 1760)
- 24 June – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, writer (died 1771)
Deaths
- 2 February – Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, mathematician (born 1661)
- 24 February – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer (born 1643)
- 12 April – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, bishop and writer (born 1627)
- 13 May – Louis Bourdaloue, Jesuit preacher (born 1632)
- 7 July – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, fur trader and explorer (born c. 1657)
- 14 August – Roland Laporte, Protestant leader (born 1675)
References
- ↑ "Anniversary of Battle of Blenheim, BBC News". 9 August 2004. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
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