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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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