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Born on Monday December 10, 1703
- Johanna Maria Teuwens, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1778)
- David Grant, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut († 1791)
- Andreas VERMANDERE, Ardooie, 8850, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1796)
- Hubert Snoeck, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1773)
- Henricus Petrus Hamers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1770)
- Everardus Klaassen, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
- Johanna Maria Teuwens, Aarle-Rixtel, Nederland († 1778)
- Henricus Hamers, Tilburg
- Louis LEBRUN, Mouvaux (59) († 1780)
- Henricus Verwaijen, Niel (Kranenburg-Kleef) († 1767)
Died on Monday December 10, 1703
- Francoise Veronique Lefebvre (0), Trois Riviere, St Maurice, Quebec, Canada
- Hendrickje Gijsberts, Laren
- John Gager (83), Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, British America
- THOMAS POTTER 3-3 (73), Shrewsbury,Monmouth,New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelius Cornelis Cornelis AERTS (62), Loenhout,2290,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- Johann Ruperht Reinhard Metzger (43), Graben, Baden, Germany
- Henricus Adrianus Christianus Snoermans (64), Loon op Zand
- Petronelle Aveth, Kaprycke
- Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (39), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Gertraut Bräuning (51), Flensungen (D)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 10, 1703 at Delpher
Born on December 10
- 1610 » Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter († 1685)
- 1654 » Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter († 1719)
- 1658 » Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York († 1743)
- 1713 » Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist († 1747)
- 1751 » George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist († 1813)
- 1776 » Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este († 1848)
- 1783 » María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright († 1873)
- 1787 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf († 1851)
- 1804 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic († 1851)
- 1805 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator († 1879)
Died on December 10
- 1541 » Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
- 1561 » Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer
- 1618 » Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
- 1626 » Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
- 1665 » Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
- 1736 » António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
- 1791 » Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
- 1831 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
- 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
- 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
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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 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.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.