1704
| Years: 1701 1702 1703 – 1704 – 1705 1706 1707 | |
| Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s – 1700s – 1710s 1720s 1730s | |
| Centuries: 17th century – 18th century – 19th century 1704 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
Events
- Building of the Student's Monument in Aiud, Romania.
- February 29 – Quebecois and Native Americans sack Deerfield, Massachusetts
- August 13 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim
- The Sultanate of Brunei cedes its north-east territories to the Sultanate of Sulu.
- The lower three counties of the Province of Pennsylvania become the colony of Delaware.
- Earthquake strikes Gondar in Ethiopia
Births
- June 22 – John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
Deaths
- February 2 – Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (b. 1661)
- February 23 – Georg Muffat, German composer (b. 1645)
- February 24 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
- April 12 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b. 1627)
- May 3 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian composer (b. 1644)
- June 18 – Tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)
- October 28 – John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632)
Categories: 1704