1702 in France

Events from the year 1702 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XIV

Events

• 1 February – Battle of Cremona
• 16 June to 12 September – Siege of Landau
• 15 August – Battle of Luzzara
• 14 October – Battle of Friedlingen
• 23 October – Battle of Vigo Bay.

Births

• 4 October – Honoré Armand de Villars, nobleman, soldier and politician (died 1770)

Deaths

• 22 April – François Charpentier, archaeologist (born 1620)
• 27 May – Dominique Bouhours, Jesuit priest, essayist and grammarian (born 1628)
• 16 July – Nicolas Lebègue, composer (born c.1631)
• 15 August – Charles, Prince of Commercy, field marshal (born 1661)
• 16 September – Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, military officer (born 1635)
• 8 December – Chevalier de Lorraine, nobleman (born 1643)

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