# Canonical recap data for Battle of Blenheim (1704)
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slug: battle-of-blenheim
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1704/battle-of-blenheim"
title: Battle of Blenheim
subtitle: Marlborough's decisive victory over Louis XIV checked French hegemony and established Britain as a military power.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1704-08-13
datePrecision: day
year: 1704
decade: 1700
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: The Battle of Blenheim fought on 13 August [O.S. 2 August] 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, thus preventing the collapse of the reconstituted Grand Alliance.
summaryLong: The Battle of Blenheim fought on 13 August [O.S. 2 August] 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, thus preventing the collapse of the reconstituted Grand Alliance.
lede: On August 13, 1704, the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy led an Allied force to a decisive victory near the Bavarian village of Blenheim, crushing a French-Bavarian army that threatened Vienna. The win halted Louis XIV's dominance in Europe and saved the fragile coalition fighting the War of the Spanish Succession from collapsing.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Battle of Blenheim"
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim"
  title: Battle of Blenheim
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: "The Battle of Blenheim (1704): How Marlborough and Eugene defeated France and Bavaria, reshaping European power."
wikidataQid: Q154635
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260407125246/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim"
  capturedAt: 2026-04-07
  label: Battle of Blenheim
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
impactRadius: regional
velocity: sudden
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: single_domain
