1707 in France

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1707
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France

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Decades:
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See also:Other events of 1707
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Events from the year 1707 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Louis XIV

Events[]

  • April 25: Battle of Almansa, described as "probably the only Battle in history in which the English forces were commanded by a Frenchman, the French by an Englishman."[1]
  • May 2–3: Action of 2 May 1707
  • July 29-August 21: Battle of Toulon: Prince Eugene is forced to abandon his attempt to take the naval port of Toulon
  • October 21: Battle at The Lizard

Births[]

  • January 8 - Louis, Dauphin of France, son of Louis of France, Duke of Burgundy (died 1712)
  • April 10 - Michel Corrette, organist and composer (died 1795)
  • Nicolas La Grange, playwright and translator (died 1775)

Deaths[]

  • February 26 - Louis Cousin, translator, historian, lawyer, royal censor and president of the cour des monnaies (born 1627)
  • April 24 - Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, admiral and privateer (born 1645)
  • November 5 - Denis Dodart, physician, naturalist and botanist (born 1634)
  • Julie d'Aubigny, swordswoman and opera singer (born c.1670)

See also[]

  • War of the Spanish Succession

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Stephens, Henry Morse (1885–1900). "Fitzjames, James" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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