Events

• 13 August – War of the Spanish Succession
  War of the Spanish Succession
  The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...
  
   – Battle of Blenheim
  Battle of Blenheim
  The Battle of Blenheim , fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis XIV of France sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement...
  
  : Allied troops under John Churchill, the Earl of Marlborough
  Earl of Marlborough
  Earl of Marlborough is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came on 5 February 1626 in favour of James Ley, 1st Baron Ley, Lord Chief Justice and Lord High Treasurer...
  
   and Prince Eugene of Savoy
  Prince Eugene of Savoy
  Prince Eugene of Savoy , was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna. Born in Paris to aristocratic Italian parents, Eugene grew up around the French court of King Louis XIV...
  
   defeat the Franco-Bavaria
  Bavaria
  Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
  
  n army.

Births

• 12 February – Charles Pinot Duclos
  Charles Pinot Duclos
  Charles Pinot Duclos was a French author.-Life:He was born at Dinan, in Brittany. At an early age, he was sent to study at Paris...
  
  , writer (died 1772)
• 28 February – Louis Godin
  Louis Godin
  Louis Godin was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He worked in Peru, Spain, Portugal and France.-Biography:...
  
  , astronomer (died 1760)
• 24 June – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens
  Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens
  Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens was a French philosopher and writer.An arch-opponent of the Catholic Church, intolerance and religious oppression, he had to flee his native France and his books were frequently denounced by the Inquisition...
  
  , writer (died 1771)

Deaths

• 2 February – Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, mathematician (born 1661)
• 24 February – Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, , was a French composer of the Baroque era.Exceptionally prolific and versatile, he produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres...
  
  , composer (born 1643)
• 12 April – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
  Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
  Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a masterly French stylist....
  
  , bishop and writer (born 1627)
• 13 May – Louis Bourdaloue
  Louis Bourdaloue
  Louis Bourdaloue was a French Jesuit and preacher.He was born in Bourges. At the age of sixteen he entered the Society of Jesus, and was appointed successively professor of rhetoric, philosophy and moral theology, in various Jesuit colleges...
  
  , Jesuit preacher (born 1632)
• 7 July – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur
  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur
  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur was a French fur trader and explorer in North America, recognized as the first known European to explore the Minnesota River valley....
  
  , fur trader and explorer (born c. 1657)
• 14 August – Roland Laporte
  Roland Laporte
  Roland Laporte , Camisard leader, better known as Roland, was born at Mas Soubeyran in a cottage which has become the property of the Socité de l'Histoire du Protestantisme français, and which contains relics of the hero....
  
  , Protestant leader (born 1675)