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Born on Sunday February 4, 1703
- Aartjen Wichmans Sneeloper, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
- Aelbert Cornelisz Coster, Pernis
- Aaltje (Aeltie) Johans van (der) Meer, Doorn
- Aart Meijndertsz, Renswoude
- Anna Maria Wickrath, Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
- Aeltjen Welpshof, Dale
- Antje Heerkes (3) Rinsonides, ,, Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1764)
- Josijntje Jonker, Monster
- Aalbert Cornelisz Koster, Pernis († 1775)
- Aagje Maartensdr LANGEVELD, Lisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Sunday February 4, 1703
- Harmen Roelefs (29)
- Aalbert Cornelisz KOSTER (2)
- Aaltjen Wychmans, Oldebroek
- Jean GUYAT (66), Sazeret,03390,Allier,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
- Cornelis Huijbrechts Den BOER (0), Pernis
- Abraham Boudrot (40), Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada
- Casparus Slingsbie, Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Egidius Van Overmeer, Belsele (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Josephus Kemele (43), Vladslo
- Lijntje Pleunen Van DIJCK (5)
Born on February 4
- 1575 » Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality († 1629)
- 1646 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician († 1699)
- 1676 » Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer († 1753)
- 1677 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer († 1731)
- 1688 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright († 1763)
- 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
- 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
- 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
- 1799 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author († 1854)
- 1818 » Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary († 1880)
Died on February 4
- 1555 » John Rogers, English clergyman and translator (b. 1505)
- 1590 » Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
- 1615 » Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
- 1617 » Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546)
- 1713 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671)
- 1774 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
- 1781 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
- 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
- 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
- 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Jansz
- Pierre
- Joseph
- Cornelisz
Names that were popular for girls in 1703
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Jeanne
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Margaretha
- Jannetje
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.
- 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.