1702 in France
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Events from the year 1702 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 February â Battle of Cremona
- 16 June to 12 September â Siege of Landau
- 15 August â Battle of Luzzara
- 14 October â Battle of Friedlingen
- 23 October â Battle of Vigo Bay.[2]
Births
- 4 October â Honoré Armand de Villars, nobleman, soldier and politician (died 1770)
Deaths
- 22 April â François Charpentier, archaeologist (born 1620)
- 27 May â Dominique Bouhours, Jesuit priest, essayist and grammarian (born 1628)
- 16 July â Nicolas Lebègue, composer (born c.1631)
- 15 August â Charles, Prince of Commercy, field marshal (born 1661)
- 16 September â Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, military officer (born 1635)
- 8 December â Chevalier de Lorraine, nobleman (born 1643)
