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)