Events from the year 1702 in

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Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Ver ...

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*1 February –

Battle of Cremona ''For the battle between Romans and Gauls, see Battle of Cremona (200 BC). For the battle during the Year of the Four Emperors, see Battle of Bedriacum.'' The Battle of Cremona took place on the night of 31 January to 1 February 1702 during the W ...

*16 June to 12 September – Siege of Landau *15 August –

Battle of Luzzara The Battle of Luzzara took place in Lombardy on 15 August 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession, between a combined French and Savoyard army under Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, and an Imperial force under Prince Eugene. Conflict in ...

*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 François Charpentier (15 February 1620 – 22 April 1702) was a French archaeologist and man of letters. Biography Charpentier was born in Paris, and intended for the bar, but was employed by Colbert, who had determined on the foundation of a Fr ...

, archaeologist (born 1620) *27 May – Dominique Bouhours, Jesuit priest, essayist and grammarian (born 1628) *16 July –

Nicolas Lebègue Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue (also ''Le Bègue''; c. 16316 July 1702) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born in Laon and in the 1650s settled in Paris, quickly establishing himself as one of the best organists of the ...

, composer (born c.1631) *15 August –

Charles, Prince of Commercy Charles de Lorraine, Prince de Commercy (11 July 1661 – 15 August 1702), was a French field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and a military advisor to Prince Eugene of Savoy. He acquired military prominence after leading imperial troops in t ...

, field marshal (born 1661) *16 September – Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, military officer (born 1635) *8 December –

Chevalier de Lorraine Philippe of Lorraine (1643 – 8 December 1702), known as the Chevalier de Lorraine, was a French nobleman and member of the House of Guise, cadet of the Ducal House of Lorraine. He was the renowned lover of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother ...

, nobleman (born 1643)

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