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Born on Wednesday August 29, 1703
- Cornelia Bogertman, Goedereede
- Adriana Dingemans Schrauwen, Essen († 1744)
- Aaltje Sijmense van SWIETEN, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1786)
- Cornelia Quakkelstein, Loosduinen
- Arnoldus Kastelijn (Castelijn), 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
- Aeltje van Zwieten, Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1786)
- Anna Lotsman, Amsterdam
- Christtina van Boxel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabeth SELLEKAERTS, Sint-Pieters-Rode, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders, Belgie
- Annigje Geen, Woerden
Died on Wednesday August 29, 1703
- Elisabeth Van Den Breen (54), Opwijk, 1745, België
- Ariaantje Teunisdr Maat (35)
- Johanna Magdalena de la MOTTE (2), Rotterdam, Franse Kerk
- Jacobus Jans Marshoorn (42), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Joachim Sassmannshausen (0), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Elisabeth Van den Bree (54), Opwijk
- Rachel Vergijn (43)
- Martinus Arentse den Breem(s) (56), Rotterdam, Nederland
- Martinus Arentse Breem(s) (56), Rotterdam
- Mathijs DE ROECK (0), Bazel,9150,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
Born on August 29
- 1628 » John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1701)
- 1632 » John Locke, English physician and philosopher († 1704)
- 1724 » Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author († 1803)
- 1725 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1767)
- 1728 » Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria († 1797)
- 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
- 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
- 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
- 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
- 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
Died on August 29
- 1542 » Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
- 1604 » Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (b. 1527)
- 1657 » John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
- 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
- 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
- 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
- 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
- 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
- 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
- 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Willem
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Jean
- John
- Johann
- Pierre
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1703
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Jannetje
- Anne
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Adriana
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.
- 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.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 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.