1703 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728   
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930

July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      

October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     

What Happened In Year 1703?

  • January 30, 1703 – The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
  • February 4, 1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death.
  • May 27, 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
  • July 31, 1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
  • November 25, 1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
  • November 27, 1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
  • December 27, 1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

Who Were Born In The Year 1703?

  • February 5, 1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
  • February 21, 1703 – Shah Waliullah, Islamic Scholar and Reformer (d. 1762)
  • March 5, 1703 – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
  • June 23, 1703 – Queen Marie Leszczyńska, Polish-born wife of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
  • June 26, 1703 – Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)
  • June 28, 1703 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
  • August 2, 1703 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
  • September 29, 1703 – François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
  • October 5, 1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758)
  • October 28, 1703 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
  • November 25, 1703 – Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
  • November 26, 1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
  • December 2, 1703 – Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)

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