1704 in France
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Events from the year 1704 in France.
==Incumbents==
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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3547654.stm|title=Anniversary of Battle of Blenheim, BBC News|access-date=2011-08-13 | date=9 August 2004}}
Births
- 12 February – Charles Pinot Duclos, writer (died 1772)
- 28 February – Louis Godin, astronomer (died 1760)
- 3 August – Catherine-Nicole Lemaure, operatic soprano (died 1786)
- 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){{cite web |title=Louis Bourdaloue {{!}} French priest {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Bourdaloue |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}
- 7 July – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, fur trader and explorer (born c. 1657)
- 14 August – Roland Laporte, Protestant leader (born 1675)
See also
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