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Born on Sunday November 18, 1703
- Agatha Veecken, Amern St.Anton
- Aaltje van der Vlag, Bellingwolde
- Annigjen Niers Huijsinge (Oldenhuijsinge), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1734)
- Anna Maria Hoven, Sittard († 1786)
- Aeltje Jacobse de Haes, Hardinxveld († 1705)
- Antje Smit, Westerlee en Heiligerlee
- Annetje Carpentier, Vlaardingen
- Ann Odell, St Johns Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, United States († 1771)
- Aaltjen Lucassen, Wierden, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Abraham Haverkamp, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
Died on Sunday November 18, 1703
- Kirsten Nielsdatter (1), Ågerup, Sømme, Roskilde
- Mary Montgomerie (68)
- Claas Jansz RAAT (BAAS) (56), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- David Kloot (1)
- Cornelis Ockerse (0), Zierikzee, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
- Frans Jozef van NASSAU SIEGEN (14)
- Hendrik Resink (52), Henxel (Winterswijk)
- Frans Josef van Nassau-Siegen (14)
- Frans Josef van Nassau Siegen (14)
- John Bullen (50), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Born on November 18
- 1630 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor († 1686)
- 1647 » Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author († 1706)
- 1727 » Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer († 1773)
- 1736 » Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer († 1800)
- 1756 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher († 1837)
- 1772 » Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia († 1806)
- 1774 » Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands († 1837)
- 1785 » David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic († 1841)
- 1787 » Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype († 1851)
- 1804 » Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy († 1878)
Died on November 18
- 1565 » Yun Won-hyung, Korean writer and politician (b. 1509)
- 1590 » George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (b. 1528)
- 1664 » Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (b. 1620)
- 1724 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (b. 1685)
- 1785 » Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725)
- 1797 » Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
- 1804 » Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (b. 1733)
- 1814 » William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
- 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
- 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
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.
- 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.