William Allen ( August 5, 1704 – September 6, 1780 ) was a wealthy merchant, Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, and mayor of Philadelphia.

Maurice Quentin de La Tour ( 5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788 ) was a French Rococo portraitist who worked primarily with pastels.

* Frances ( died 1704 / 5 ), married firstly Francis Windham, of Felbrigg, Norfolk, and secondly ( in 1668 ) John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham ;

5 Arie, baletti e correnti c. 1704 ( not extant )

* David Crawford jr of Drumsoy: 5 Oct 1704

William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck ( 6 November 1704 – 13 October 1774 ), who married Charlotte Sophie, Countess von Aldenburg ( 4 August 1715 – 5 February 1800 ) on 1 June 1733 and had two sons.

Johann Segner ( October 9, 1704 – October 5, 1777 ) was a Hungarian-born ( original name: Segner János András ) Carpatho-German scientist.

* Jane Leveson-Gower ( c. 1704 – 1726 ), married 5 January 1718-19, John Proby, who died 1760 and had John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort.

John " Jack " Broughton ( c. 1703 or 5 July 1704 – 8 January 1789 ) was an English bare-knuckle boxer.

* Iphigénie en Tauride, opera ( tragédie en musique ) in 5 acts and a prologue ( completed by Campra ), libretto by Duché de Vancy and Antoine Danchet, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique 6 May 1704

* September 18 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader ( b. 1704 )

* September 17 – Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia ( d. 1704 )

* September – Lady Mary Dering, composer ( d. 1704 )

* September 13 – Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar ( b. 1704 )

* September 11 – Louis Godin, French astronomer ( b. 1704 )

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ( September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704 ) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses.

Argun was the first town on the Russian border, then they went through Nertzinskoi ( Nerchinsk ), Plotbus, touched a lake called Schaks Ozer, Jerawena, the river Udda, Yeniseysk, and Tobolsk ( from September 1703 to beginning of June 1704 ).

Robert Dodsley ( 13 February 1704 – 23 September 1764 ) was an English bookseller and miscellaneous writer.

* September 11-Countess Dash, French writer ( born 1704 )

* September 27-Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, theologian ( died 1704 )

After becoming a captain in the 10th Foot on 10 February 1703, he commanded a company at the battles of Schellenberg in July 1704 and Blenheim in August 1704, and was present at Menen ( where he led the storming of the covered way ) as well as Ramillies in May 1706, Oudenarde in July 1708 and Malplaquet in September 1709 ( where he received twenty three bullets through his clothing yet remained unhurt ).

* September 11-Louis Godin, French astronomer ( born 1704 )

In The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe made Robinson Crusoe stay in Tobolsk from September 1703 to June 1704.

Louis Godin ( 28 February 1704 Paris – 11 September 1760 Cadiz ) was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Born at Prague, Joseph Wenzel was the eldest son of Prince Philip Erasmus of Liechtenstein ( 11 September 1664-13 January 1704 ) and Christina Theresa von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort ( 12 October 1665-14 April 1730 ).

The crater was named after Louis Godin ( 28 February 1704 Paris-11 September 1760 Cadiz ), who was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences.

This period spanned the years from September 1688 through March 1704.

On account of his family relationship with the Miloslavsky family, he miscalculated the strength of the tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna, ( September 17 September 27, 1657 – regent of Russia ( 1682 – 1689 ) – July 3 July 14, 1704 ), full sister of Feodor III and third daughter, also, of Tsar Alexei I of Russia by his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya and became one of her most energetic supporters, but contrived to join the other, and winning, side just before the final catastrophe.

Lorenzo Bellini ( 1643 – 1704 ), Italian physician and anatomist, was born at Florence on the September 3, 1643.

( April 10, 1704 – September 13, 1766 ), English classical scholar and bibliophile, was born at Exeter.

* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.

* 1644 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian composer ( d. 1704 )

* 1620 – István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet ( d. 1704 )

* 1632 – John Locke, English philosopher and physician ( d. 1704 )

* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

* 1704 – The first regular newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts.

* 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur.

John Harris is often credited with introducing the now-familiar alphabetic format in 1704 with his English Lexicon Technicum: Or, A Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves – to give its full title.

In response to the early-to-mid-17th century " continental rationalism " John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ) proposed in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ( 1689 ) a very influential view wherein the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori, i. e., based upon experience.

* 1704 – Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.

* 1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer ( d. 1760 )

* 1704 1 August ( NS ): ( 21 July ( OS )) – During the War of the Spanish Succession, and when returning from a failed expedition to Barcelona, an Anglo-Dutch fleet, under the command of Sir George Rooke, chief commander of the Alliance Navy, began a new siege ( the eleventh siege of the town ).

* 1704 night of 3 – 4 August – Heavy shelling targeted the castle and the town.

* 1704 4 August – The Governor Diego de Salinas surrendered the town to Prince George of Hesse, who took it in the name of Archduke, as Charles III, king of Castile and Aragon.

* 1704 4 – 7 August.

* 1704 24 August – The Alliance fleet, under the command of Rooke, set sail from Gibraltar and intercepted a joint Spanish-French fleet that attempted to recover Gibraltar by the coast of Málaga ( Battle of Vélez-Málaga ).

* 1704 11 November – A notable incident during the siege: 500 Spanish volunteer grenadiers tried to surprise the garrison after being led up a concealed path to the top of The Rock by a Spanish goatherd from Gibraltar, Simón Susarte.

The Castle in Pszczyna | Castle in Pleß, today Pszczyna, where the Promnitz family resided when Telemann worked for them in 1704 – 1706

Encyclopaedias such as Harris's Lexicon Technicum ( 1704 ) and Abraham Rees's Cyclopaedia ( 1802 – 1819 ) contain much of value.

* 1671 – Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian ( d. 1704 )

* 1704 – John Kay, English inventor ( d. 1780 )

* 1704 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d ' Argens, French writer ( d. 1771 )