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.

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)
• 7 July – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, fur trader and explorer (born c. 1657)
• 14 August – Roland Laporte, Protestant leader (born 1675)

References

References

1. "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)".
2. (9 August 2004). "Anniversary of Battle of Blenheim, BBC News".
3. "Louis Bourdaloue {{!}} French priest {{!}} Britannica".