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Born on Sunday February 11, 1703
- Arij Klaasz Hoogendijk, charlois (rotterdam) († 1755)
- Barbara Griffijn, 's-Gravenzande († 1755)
- Barbara Griffijn, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1755)
- Arie van der Steen, Ridderkerk († 1800)
- Arien SMIT, Vuren, Gelderland, Nederland
- Aeltje de Vogel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aafje van de Rotte, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Scheer, Hontenisse
- Ariaantje Blanckenborgh, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
- Adriana van Alphen, Oosterhout, Nederland
Died on Sunday February 11, 1703
- Christina Cornelisse Wijtens, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aldrick Hommes Barcklaage
- Jacoba Vangryspeere (63), Handzame West-Vlaanderen België
- Henrick Leemans (1), Aartselaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Gerardus <Henrici> van Rens (38), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
- Annichien Simons Zaab
- Cristina Cornelissen Wijtens, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
- Dirck Jansz Decker (72), Alblasserdam
- godard van REEDE GINCKEL (58), utrecht
- Godard Adriaan van Reede (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
Born on February 11
- 1649 » William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic († 1715)
- 1657 » Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright († 1757)
- 1708 » Egidio Duni, Italian composer († 1775)
- 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
- 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
- 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
- 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
- 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
- 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)
- 1813 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic († 1865)
Died on February 11
- 1626 » Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1548)
- 1650 » René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
- 1755 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
- 1763 » William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
- 1795 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
- 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
- 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
- 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
- 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
- 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
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.
- 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.