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Born on Sunday December 23, 1703
- Albert Folkerts, Pieterburen, Groningen, Nederland
- Adam Jacobusz Van TOOREN, Hooge-en Lage-Zwaluwe
- Aart de Vos, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1779)
- Andries Ariens Monster, Sint Anthoniepolder († 1775)
- Abraham Anthonissen Quist, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 1775)
- Anna Maria Braun, Noesberts-Weidmoos, Duitsland
- Anna Kraal, Slot Loevestein, Gelderland, Nederland († 1747)
- Adrianus Coolen, Hooge en Lage Mierde
- Adam Jacobsz van Toorn, Ho+Lage Zwaluwe († 1774)
- Andries Ariesz Monster, Sint Anthoniuspolder († 1759)
Died on Sunday December 23, 1703
- Gooswijn Carel Van. Lawick (39)
- Jan Claesen Lunenburger (7)
- Jan de Ruyter, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
- Ouasibiskounesout Manitouabewich (66), Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Marie van Goethem (33), Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Goossen Karel van Lawick (39)
- Lijsbeth HOGENDAM (10), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Goswijn Carel van LAWICK (39)
- Margaretha te Pes\Hoeben, Asperden, Deutschland
- Gooswijn Carel van Lawick (39)
Born on December 23
- 1621 » Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England († 1682)
- 1689 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer († 1755)
- 1690 » Pamheiba, Indian emperor († 1751)
- 1713 » Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna († 1749)
- 1732 » Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame († 1792)
- 1745 » John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States († 1829)
- 1750 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony († 1827)
- 1758 » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician († 1834)
- 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
- 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
Died on December 23
- 1631 » Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
- 1638 » Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- 1646 » François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
- 1652 » John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
- 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
- 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
- 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
- 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
- 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
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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.
- May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 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.