1704

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
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Decades:
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August 13: Battle of Blenheim: Duke of Marlborough leads British to victory over Franco-Bavarian army, saves Grand Alliance
1704 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1704
MDCCIV
Ab urbe condita2457
Armenian calendar1153
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Assyrian calendar6454
Balinese saka calendar1625–1626
Bengali calendar1111
Berber calendar2654
English Regnal yearAnn. 1 – 3 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar2248
Burmese calendar1066
Byzantine calendar7212–7213
Chinese calendar癸未年 (Water Goat)
4401 or 4194
    — to —
甲申年 (Wood Monkey)
4402 or 4195
Coptic calendar1420–1421
Discordian calendar2870
Ethiopian calendar1696–1697
Hebrew calendar5464–5465
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1760–1761
 - Shaka Samvat1625–1626
 - Kali Yuga4804–4805
Holocene calendar11704
Igbo calendar704–705
Iranian calendar1082–1083
Islamic calendar1115–1116
Japanese calendarGenroku 17 / Hōei 1
(宝永元年)
Javanese calendar1627–1628
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4037
Minguo calendar208 before ROC
民前208年
Nanakshahi calendar236
Thai solar calendar2246–2247
Tibetan calendar阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
1830 or 1449 or 677
    — to —
阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
1831 or 1450 or 678

1704 (MDCCIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1704th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 704th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1704, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

Events[edit]

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

Date unknown[edit]


Births[edit]

Louis, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine born 28 January
Charles Pinot Duclos born 12 February
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne born 15 February
Louis Godin born 28 February
Jacques Dumont le Romain born 10 May
Carlos Seixas born 11 June
John Kay (flying shuttle) born 17 June
James Gabriel Montresor born 19 November

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Lorenzo Bellini died 8 January
Johann Philipp Jeningen died 8 February
Johannes Hudde died 15 April
David van der Plas died 18 May
Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg died 27 June
Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia died 14 July
John Locke died 28 October
Paolo Boccone died 22 December

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Historical Events for Year 1704 | OnThisDay.com". Historyorb.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Louis Bourdaloue | French priest | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved March 10, 2022.