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) See also References 1700s in France