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Born on Saturday January 27, 1703
- Joanna Bosch, Broekom († 1768)
- Henricus (Hendrik) Ariens van Vugt, Vlijmen († 1761)
- Henricus Ariense van VUGHT († 1760)
- Joannes Devinck, Koekelare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Gijsbertus Joannes Dirckx Spierings, Nuland, Nederland
- Berndt Nienhof, Borken
- jeanne gerard, assenois
- "Walterus" Wouter Wouter, Heeswijk
- Catharina van Brey, Meijel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Catharina ANDRIES, Hingene Belgie († 1703)
Died on Saturday January 27, 1703
- Anne Lefebvre (24), Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Catherine Quenneville (24), Lachine, IÎe de Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Cornelis Hendrickse van Camphof (52), Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
- Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga (81)
- Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga (81)
- Francoise Forget (45), Hotel, Quebec, Canada
- Jan Jacobs Croeser (47)
- Daniël Lieuwes Scheltinga (de Blocq) (81), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- jeanne antoine (48), fays les veneurs
- Daniël Lieuwes (de Blocq van) Scheltinga (81), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 27, 1703 at Delpher
Born on January 27
- 1621 » Thomas Willis, English physician and anatomist († 1675)
- 1662 » Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian († 1742)
- 1663 » George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, Royal Navy admiral († 1733)
- 1687 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers († 1753)
- 1701 » Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian († 1790)
- 1708 » Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia († 1728)
- 1741 » Hester Thrale, Welsh author († 1821)
- 1756 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer († 1791)
- 1775 » Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German-Swiss philosopher and academic († 1854)
- 1790 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1867)
Died on January 27
- 1596 » Francis Drake, English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
- 1629 » Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1560)
- 1638 » Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
- 1651 » Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)
- 1689 » Robert Aske, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)
- 1731 » Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano (b. 1655)
- 1733 » Thomas Woolston, English theologian and author (b. 1669)
- 1740 » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)
- 1770 » Philippe Macquer, French historian (b. 1720)
- 1794 » Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (b. 1765)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
Names that were popular for girls in 1703
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 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.
- 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.