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Born on Friday January 26, 1703
- Catharina Leys, Meer (België)
- Elisabeth De Jonge, Temse († 1781)
- Catharina Willem Swinckels, Lieshout, Nbr.NL († 1737)
- Baartje (Bartine) Jelgersma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
- Geertruij Coster, Veur,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Jean Pierre Chomet ou chaumet, Marsanne, 26740, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE († 1732)
- Joanna Rems, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands († 1703)
- Jacob Luden, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1784)
- Catherine LEGROS, CLERMONT-sur-BERWINNE, Liège, Belgique
- Adrianus Braem, Temse
Died on Friday January 26, 1703
- Geertjen Jansen, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
- Mary Pierce (90), Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Jan Rombout Jan Rombouts, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Margarete Kuhlmann (60)
- Johann Leonhard Dietrich (39), Marbachle, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Margarita (Maria) van Lier (24), Heythuysen
- Regina Maria Kloster (1), Sögel, Emsland, Niedersachsen (Dld)
- Anne TRAON (32), Pleyben, 29162, Finistère, Bretagne, France
- Jacques PIRKIN, VERLÉE, Namur, Belgique
- William III Ap William II Carpenter Deacon (71), Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
Born on January 26
- 1595 » Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer († 1679)
- 1624 » George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1705)
- 1657 » William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury († 1737)
- 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
- 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
- 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
- 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
- 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
- 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
- 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
Died on January 26
- 1620 » Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (b. 1559)
- 1630 » Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
- 1636 » Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1641 » Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
- 1697 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
- 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
- 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
- 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
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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 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.
- 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.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.