1703

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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 3.1 Unknown dates

Events of 1703

January - June

• February 2 - An earthquake hits the town of L'Aquila, Italy.
• February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai (47 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 - Company of Quenching of Fire (i.e., a fire brigade) founded in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• May 27 - Founding of St Petersburg in Russia.
• May 26 - Portugal joins the Grand Alliance.

July - December

• 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 mid-November).
• September 12 - War of the Spanish Succession – Habsburg Archduke Charles proclaimed King of Spain.
• October - A whirlwind blows down the tower of the Gan Takal in Gondar, capital of Ethiopia, killing 30.
• November 19 - Unknown masked prisoner dies in Bastille.
• November 24 to December 2 - the Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic hurricane, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing nearly 8000, mostly at sea.
• December 27 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

Undated

• A Tale of a Tub, 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 emperor of the Ottoman Empire.

Births

1703 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1703 MDCCIII
Ab urbe condita	2456
Armenian calendar	1152 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԲ
Bahá'í calendar	-141 – -140
Buddhist calendar	2247
Chinese calendar	4339/4399-11-14 (壬午年十一月十四日) — to — 4340/4400-11-24 (癸未年十一月廿四日)
Ethiopian calendar	1695 – 1696
Hebrew calendar	5463 – 5464
Hindu calendars
- 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)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2363 (皇紀2363年)
- Jōmon Era	11703
Julian calendar	1748
Korean calendar	4036
Thai solar calendar	2246
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• February 5 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (died 1764)
• March 5 (N. S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (died 1768)
• May 14 - David Brearly, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (died 1785)
• June 17 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (died 1791)
• June 26 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (died 1767)
• August 2 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (died 1775)
• September 29 - François Boucher, French painter (died 1770)
• October 5 - Jonathan Edwards, American preacher (died 1758)
• October 28 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (died 1768)
• November 25 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (died 1784)
• November 26 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (died 1758)
• December 2 - Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (died 1759)

See also Category: 1703 births.

Deaths

• January 11 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (born 1632)
• March 3 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (born 1635)
• March 31 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (born 1642)
• April 20 - Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (born 1632)
• May 16 - Charles Perrault, French author (born 1628)
• May 26 - Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (born 1633)
• June 14 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (born 1625)
• September 22 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (born 1622)
• September 25 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (born 1658)
• September 29 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (born 1610)
• October 28 - John Wallis, English mathematician (born 1616)
• November 19 - The Man in the Iron Mask
• November 30 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (born 1672)
• December 28 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1664)

Unknown dates

• Phetracha, king of Ayutthaya (born 1632)

See also Category: 1703 deaths.

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