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Born on Sunday December 9, 1703
- Albertus Cronen, Asperden, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Aaltje Janse, Barneveld
- Aate Jeipes, Heerenveen
- Anthonij Verheul, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1771)
- Albertus Croonen, Asperden (Pruissen) († 1705)
- Aaltje Jansen Cousijnsen, Barneveld
- Adriaan van de Griend, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1776)
- Antonij Reijnders, Delft († 1741)
- Aaltje Cosijnse, Barneveld
- Aaltje Jansen Cousijnse, Barneveld († 1772)
Died on Sunday December 9, 1703
- Jacobus van Alphen (0)
- Aart Cornelisz Nelemans (14), Zwaluwe (N.B.)
- Geertien Wijgerts (48)
- Geertien Wijgerts
- Jean Baptiste Proulx (26), Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
- Engbert Wolberink, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Gillis Janze (33)
- Ariaentge Ariens Deventer, Delft, Oude Kerk
- Johannes Poncelet (47), Amsterdam
- Joanna Brouwers (4), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
Born on December 9
- 1652 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist († 1723)
- 1667 » William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian († 1752)
- 1717 » Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian († 1768)
- 1721 » Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer († 1805)
- 1728 » Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer († 1804)
- 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
- 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
- 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
- 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
- 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
Died on December 9
- 1625 » Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
- 1636 » Fabian Birkowski, Polish preacher and author (b. 1566)
- 1641 » Anthony van Dyck, Belgian-English painter and illustrator (b. 1599)
- 1669 » Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
- 1674 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
- 1706 » Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
- 1718 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
- 1761 » Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)
- 1793 » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
- 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
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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 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.
- 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 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.