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Events from the year 1704 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 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.[2]
Births
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)[3]
- 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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References
[edit]- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Anniversary of Battle of Blenheim, BBC News". 9 August 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Louis Bourdaloue | French priest | Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 March 2022.