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Born on Sunday January 14, 1703
- Leuntje Kuijt, Katwijk aan Zee
- Berendina Schulte Nordholt, Gildehaus
- Anna Maria HALLU, Derendorf (DÂsseldorf ),,Rheinland Preussen,DEUTSCHLAND
- Albert Koerts, Finsterwolde gemeente Oldambt Groningen
- Beert Jansen Kok, Elspeet, Gelderland, Nederland († 1761)
- Berentje Geessink, Meddo, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Beert Redeker, Elspeet
- Berentje Geessinck, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Abraham van Houten, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arijaantje van der Poel, Delfshaven
Died on Sunday January 14, 1703
- Abel Gruson (0)
- Elisabeth De PAUW (71), Merchtem, Belgique
- Marijgje DIRKSD
- Joannes Staijen, Bimmen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- George Albrecht van Brandenburg-Kulmbach (36)
- Roelof Martense Schenck (83), Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
- Anne GERARD (89), Vincey
- Louise HUBERSON (31), Nogent-le-Rotrou, saint laurent 28280, Eure et Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Jantien Harmens (40), Uithuizermeeden
- Jean Auger (38), Montreal, Québec, Canada
Born on January 14
- 1683 » Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker († 1753)
- 1684 » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter († 1745)
- 1684 » Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer († 1742)
- 1699 » Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist († 1762)
- 1700 » Picander, German poet and playwright († 1764)
- 1702 » Emperor Nakamikado of Japan († 1737)
- 1705 » Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician († 1786)
- 1741 » Benedict Arnold, American-British general († 1801)
- 1767 » Maria Theresa of Austria († 1827)
- 1780 » Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician († 1844)
Died on January 14
- 1640 » Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1578)
- 1648 » Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584)
- 1676 » Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1602)
- 1679 » Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
- 1701 » Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (b. 1628)
- 1742 » Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
- 1753 » George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685)
- 1766 » Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
- 1776 » Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1713)
- 1786 » Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Willem
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Jean
- John
- Johann
- Pierre
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1703
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Mary
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.