What is 1704?
{{Year nav|1704}} {{Year in various calendars|1704}} '''1704''' ([[Roman numerals|MDCCIV]]) was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. As of the start of the year, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar. It remained in localized use until 1923. == Events == * The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] and [[British]] [[invasion|conquer]] [[Gibraltar]] == Births == * February 5 - [[Anne Christine of Sulzbach]] * November 10 - [[Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden]] ==Deaths== * May 3 - [[Heinrich Biber]], [[Austria]]n [[composer]] * February 24 - [[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]], [[French people|French]] composer * October 28 - [[John Locke]], [[English people|English]] [[philosopher]] [[Category:1704| ]]