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March 22, 1703Born on Friday March 23, 1703
- Anneken Jansen Teerink, Vorden
- Aucke JANS, Uithuizermeeden
- Anna Timmermans, Horn, Nederland
- Hendrik Wedda, Nieuweschans
- Andro Mcgie, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- Adriantje Sebring, Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1746)
- Eelkje Oebeles, Roodkerk, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Anna Judith Neuhausen, Düsseldorf, Rath, Rheinland, Deutschland
- August Gottfried Dietrich von Beichlingen, Dresden, Allemagne († 1769)
- Barbara Geens, Putte,, Antwerpen, België († 1777)
Died on Friday March 23, 1703
- Arnould (Arent) Musquetier (55), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Egbert Schuiling (53), Annen,Netherlands
- Heinrich Nyhoff (70), Ahlen, Kluse
- Anne VAUCOULOURS (65), Saint Aubin, Aube 10, Aube
- Albert Huinink, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
- Heinrich Nyhoff (70), Ahlen
- Maria Adriaan Jacob Jans DONCKERS (36), Loenhout
- Egberts Jans Schuilinge (43), Annen
- Margarete Schöbel (41), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Arent Musquetier (55), Leiden
Born on March 23
- 1599 » Thomas Selle, German composer († 1663)
- 1614 » Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess († 1681)
- 1643 » Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic († 1731)
- 1699 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer († 1777)
- 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
- 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
- 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
- 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
- 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
- 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)
Died on March 23
- 1618 » James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish police officer and politician (b. 1575)
- 1629 » Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English landowner and politician (b. 1580)
- 1675 » Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1619)
- 1680 » Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
- 1742 » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
- 1747 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
- 1748 » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
- 1754 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
- 1783 » Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
- 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Willem
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Jansz
- Van
- Joseph
- Cornelisz
Names that were popular for girls in 1703
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Jannetje
- Margaretha
- Mary
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1703
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
- February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
- May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.