1710 in France

Events from the year 1710 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIV

Events

• August 20 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Saragossa: The Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay is soundly defeated by the forces of the Habsburg monarchy under Guido Starhemberg and their allies.

Births

• February 15 – Louis Duke of Anjou, great-grandson of reigning King Louis XIV and his eventual successor (as Louis XV) (d. 1774)
• November 13 – Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)

Full date unknown

• Antoine Yart, poet and translator (d. 1791)

Deaths

• February 16 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
• February 25 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French explorer (b. c. 1639)
• March 4 – Louis III, Prince of Condé (b. 1668)
• June 7 – Louise de La Vallière, mistress of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1644)

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