About the day » Sunday December 2, 1703Calender converter
December 3, 1703 
December 1, 1703
Born on Sunday December 2, 1703
- Antonius Luypaert, Opwijk († 1762)
- Annetje Dircksdr van Leuwen, Katwijk aan de Rijn († 1780)
- Anna Habets, Schimmert, Limbourg, Pays-Bas
- Antje Jochums, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland
- Aagje Willems RijnsenD, Katwijk
- Anton Reuter, Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Anna Maria Elisabeth Buck, Dielingen, Duitsland
- Ariaantje Cornelis Leegganger, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Huisman, Millingen
- Aaltje Cornelis van de KOPPEL, Almkerk
Died on Sunday December 2, 1703
- Aubery Anne Penelope O'brien (35)
- Jan Sytses
- Jacob Cornelisz Van DIJK (2)
- Joannes Cornelius Aert Schrauwen (51), Wuustwezel
- Joannes Cornelis Arnoldi Schrauwen (51), Wuustwezel
- Lydia Rust (3), Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
- Hiltje WARNERS (2), Noordhorn, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
- Aubery Anne Penelope o'Brien (35)
- Gerrit Evertsz (van de Grift) (3), Woudenberg
- Joannes Cornelii Aert Schrauwen (51), Loenhout
Born on December 2
- 1599 » Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman († 1663)
- 1629 » William Egon of Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal († 1704)
- 1694 » William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay († 1771)
- 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
- 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
- 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
- 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
- 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
- 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
- 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
Died on December 2
- 1594 » Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
- 1615 » Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)
- 1665 » Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
- 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
- 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
- 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
- 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
- 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
- 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
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.
- January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
- 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.
- 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.