1704 in France

none March 2022 1704 Events from the year 1704 in France. Incumbents Monarch: Louis XIVBBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 9 June 2022 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3547654.stm Anniversary of Battle of Blenheim, BBC News 2011-08-13 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)Louis Bourdaloue French priest Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Bourdaloue Encyclopædia Britannica 10 March 2022 en 7 July – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, fur trader and explorer (born c. 1657) 14 August – Roland Laporte, Protestant leader (born 1675) See also France History Lists References 1704 Category:1700s in France France