Deaths on June 17

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Died on June 17, 1734

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (8 May 1653 – 17 June 1734) was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV of France. He was one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France.

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Claude Louis Hector de Villars
Minister of Defence (France)

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Marie-Joseph Angélique
In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.