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Born on Wednesday February 14, 1703
- Anna DE BACKER, Denderhoutem, Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Corneel Fransisci Jaspars, Merksplas
- Cornelius Gaspar,Gaspers, Merksplas
- Dirkje Voswijck, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina ROSS, Maastricht,,Limburg,Nederland († 1779)
- Cornelius Jan Elissen, Oisterwijk
- Cornelius Jan Elissen, Oisterwijk
- Anthonie (Anthonij, Antonij) Ruijs, Amsterdam († 1754)
- Dirckje Voswijck, Loosduinen
- Catharina VAN DEN BROECK, Kasterlee
Died on Wednesday February 14, 1703
- Frans Gerritsen Voswijck
- Gerrit Pietersz Barendregt (74), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Gerrit Pieterszoon Barendregt (74), Barendrecht, Nederland
- Elizabeth Jan Driessen (68), Moergestel, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Gerrit Pietersz Barendregt schepen schout Pendrecht (74), Barendrecht-Charlois
- Gerrit Pieterszn. Barendregt (74), Charlois, Nederland
- Gerrit BARENDRECHT (38), Charlois
- Gerrit Pieterszn Barendregt (74), Barendrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna van Niebelschütz (71), Willemsdorf
- Anna Elfring, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
Born on February 14
- 1625 » Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess († 1687)
- 1628 » Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer († 1683)
- 1640 » Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler († 1693)
- 1670 » Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1700)
- 1679 » Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer († 1735)
- 1692 » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright († 1754)
- 1701 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author († 1773)
- 1763 » Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general († 1813)
- 1782 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist († 1870)
- 1784 » Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist († 1847)
Died on February 14
- 1676 » Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1602)
- 1714 » Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (b. 1688)
- 1737 » Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
- 1744 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (b. 1682)
- 1779 » James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728)
- 1780 » William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (b. 1723)
- 1782 » Singu Min, Burmese king (b. 1756)
- 1808 » John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
- 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
- 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
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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.
- 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.
- 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.