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Born on Saturday January 13, 1703
- Dirk Clomp, Loenen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1771)
- Derrek (Dirk, Dirck) Klomp, Loenen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1771)
- Antonius Princen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelius Buijs, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Antonius Mertens HELMONS, Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl) († 1758)
- Cornelius Buijs, Waspik
- Berent Everwijns Slijbers, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
- Cornelis Segerse Buijs, Raamsdonk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Derek Klomp, Loenen, Gld, The Netherlands
- Hessel Hendriks, Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1768)
Died on Saturday January 13, 1703
- Catalijn Sijmon Priems (41)
- Johannes Hoogefel(d)t (Hooghfelder) (72), Groessen, Duiven
- Joanna Maria Spildoren (32), Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Margaretha Covers (23), Mettingen, Westfalen, Pruissen
- Joannes Heurkens (57), Beugen en Rijkevoort
- Johannes Jansen Hoogveld (72), Groessen. Nederland
- Johannes van der Vleuten (65), Best Nrd B, NL
- Joanna Maria SPILDOOREN (32), Bazel
- Gijsbert Ariensz Multum (29)
- Jacobus II Van Steenweghen (78), Berg, 1910, Kampenhout
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 13, 1703 at Delpher
Born on January 13
- 1610 » Maria Anna of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria († 1665)
- 1616 » Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author († 1680)
- 1651 » Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1694)
- 1683 » Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer († 1760)
- 1720 » Richard Hurd, English bishop († 1808)
- 1749 » Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright († 1825)
- 1787 » John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts († 1854)
- 1804 » Paul Gavarni, French illustrator († 1866)
- 1805 » Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago († 1862)
- 1808 » Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States († 1873)
Died on January 13
- 1599 » Edmund Spenser, English poet, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1552)
- 1612 » Jane Dormer, English lady-in-waiting (b. 1538)
- 1625 » Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
- 1684 » Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (b. 1628)
- 1691 » George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- 1717 » Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
- 1775 » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
- 1790 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)
- 1796 » John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
- 1832 » Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- 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
- Aaltje
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 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 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.