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Born on Tuesday October 9, 1703
- Anna Antonina FERRARO, RESUTTANO, Caltanissetta, Sicilia, Italia
- Catharina Geraert Van Ham, Meerle, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1747)
- Arie Heer
- Aldegonda Huijbert Melis, Tilburg (N.Br.) († 1730)
- Geertrui Alenson│Alinse, Leiden († 1788)
- Catharina van HAM, Meerle,Antwerpen,Belgie
- Catharina Geraert Van Ham, Meerle († 1747)
- Jacobus Jacob Coene, Moerkerke, gem.Damme, WVL.BE († 1771)
- Jacobus COENE, Moerkerke,8340,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1771)
- Elsken Veelers, Suderwick
Died on Tuesday October 9, 1703
- Adamus Schutrop (65), Limbricht,, Limburg, Pays-Bas
- Cornelis Ariens Geus de (55), De werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Willem Cornelisz de Geus (19), de Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Livina Van der Massen (73), Sint-Lievens-Essche
- Jean de Reboutier Rebotier (66)
- Maurits Herman van Limburg-Bronckhorst (39), Maasbracht
- Adamus Schutrops (48), Limbricht
- Anna Theresia van den Bossche (5), Meerdonk, Belgie
- Marretje Aaldriks (4), Nieuw Beerta
- Joanna Margarita Elens (37), Beringen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 9, 1703 at Delpher
Born on October 9
- 1581 » Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar († 1638)
- 1586 » Leopold V, Archduke of Austria († 1632)
- 1593 » Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician († 1674)
- 1609 » Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble († 1688)
- 1623 » Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China († 1688)
- 1704 » Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician († 1777)
- 1757 » Charles X of France († 1836)
- 1796 » Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor († 1878)
- 1835 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor († 1921)
- 1837 » Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic († 1902)
Died on October 9
- 1581 » Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526)
- 1613 » Henry Constable, English poet (b. 1562)
- 1619 » Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
- 1691 » William Sacheverell, English politician (b. 1638)
- 1729 » Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654)
- 1793 » Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
- 1797 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
- 1806 » Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
- 1808 » John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
- 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
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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 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- 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.