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Birth
1703 Birth, Marriage, Death in the UK 1703- 1703
- 1703
- 1703
1703
| Millennium: |
2nd millennium |
| Centuries: |
17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: |
1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s |
| Years: |
1700 1701 1702 - 1703 - 1704 1705 1706 |
| 1703 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - England - - Scotland |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works
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Year 1703 (MDCCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). 1703 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
Contents
- 1 Events of 1703
- 1.1 January - June
- 1.2 July - December
- 1.3 Undated
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
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- February 2 - An earthquake hits the town of L'Aquila, Italy.
- February 4 - In Japan, the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku, a ritual suicide.
- February 14 - An earthquake hits Norcia, Italy.
- February - Soldiers at Fort Louis de la Mobile celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, starting the tradition for Mobile, Alabama.
- April 21 - The Company of Quenching of Fire (i.e., a fire brigade) is founded in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- May 27 - The city of Saint Petersburg is founded in Russia.
- May 26 - Portugal joins the Grand Alliance.
November 24: Great Storm of 1703.
- July 29-31 - Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory, then imprisoned 4 months for the crime of seditious libel, after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet (his release is granted in mid-November).
- September 12 - War of the Spanish Succession - Habsburg Archduke Charles is proclaimed King of Spain.
- October - A whirlwind blows down the tower of the Gan Takal in Gondar, capital of Ethiopia, killing 30.
- November 19 - The The Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille.
- November 24 to December 2 - The Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic hurricane, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing nearly 8,000, mostly at sea.
- December 27 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty, which gives preference to Portuguese wines imported into England.
- A Tale of a Tub, the first major satire by Jonathan Swift, is published.
- George Psalmanazar arrives in London.
- Isaac Newton becomes the chairman of the Royal Society.
- Ahmed III (1703-1730) succeeds Mustafa II (1695-1703) as Ottoman Emperor.
- The Hungarians rebel under Prince Francis II Rákóczi.
1703 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1703
MDCCIII |
| Ab urbe condita |
2456 |
| Armenian calendar |
1152
ԹՎ ՌՃԾԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar |
-141 – -140 |
| Berber calendar |
2653 |
| Buddhist calendar |
2247 |
| Burmese calendar |
1065 |
| Byzantine calendar |
7211 – 7212 |
| Chinese calendar |
壬午年十一月十四日
(4339/4399-11-14)
— to —
癸未年十一月廿四日
(4340/4400-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar |
1419 – 1420 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1695 – 1696 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5463 – 5464 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1758 – 1759 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1625 – 1626 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4804 – 4805 |
| Holocene calendar |
11703 |
| Iranian calendar |
1081 – 1082 |
| Islamic calendar |
1114 – 1115 |
| Japanese calendar |
Genroku 16
(元禄16年) |
| Korean calendar |
4036 |
| Thai solar calendar |
2246 |
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- February 5 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
- March 5 (N. S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
- May 14 - David Brearly, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (d. 1785)
- June 17 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
- June 26 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (d. 1767)
- August 2 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
- September 29 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
- October 5 - Jonathan Edwards, American preacher (d. 1758)
- October 28 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
- November 25 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
- November 26 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
- December 2 - Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)
- See also Category: 1703 births.
- January 11 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- March 3 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635)
- March 31 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)
- April 20 - Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
- May 16 - Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
- May 26 - Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (b. 1633)
- June 14 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
- July 17 - Roemer Vlacq I, Dutch naval captain (b. 1637)
- September 22 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (b. 1622)
- September 25 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (b. 1658)
- September 29 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)
- October 28 - John Wallis, English mathematician (b. 1616)
- November 19 - The Man in the Iron Mask
- November 30 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
- December 28 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
- date unknown - Phetracha, king of Ayutthaya (b. 1632)
- See also Category: 1703 deaths.
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