1704 in France
# 1704 in France

Events from the year 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)
