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Born on Thursday February 8, 1703
- Henricus van Grevenbroek, Den Haag († 1734)
- Adrianus Haest, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1703)
- Diewertje van Esbrugge, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis Leendertsz. Boerman, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1785)
- Anne VEYSSILIER, Saint-Savin,ISÈRE,Rhône-Alpes,France
- Geurtje, Harderwijk
- Cecilia Theunis, Oostham, Limburg, België
- Joannes Popelier, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria BEX, Zichem (B)
- Arie Jans de Jong, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Thursday February 8, 1703
- Francois Quémeneur dit Laflamme (0), Montréal, Île-de-Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Gabrielle GUILLOU (40), Sizun, 29277, Finistère, Bretagne, France
- Marie Cardinal (13), Lachine, Île de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- John Phillip Dentzer (71), Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
- Louis de Bourbon-Soissons (62)
- Johanna Baggen (44), Schinnen
- Marie Josephe Cardinal (13), Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada
- Joanna Baggen (Offermans)) (44), Schinnen, 6365, Nederland
- Maria Ysewijn (32), Bornem, België
- Gijsbert de Coole, Lopik
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 8, 1703 at Delpher
Born on February 8
- 1591 » Guercino, Italian painter († 1666)
- 1685 » Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author († 1770)
- 1700 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1782)
- 1720 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan († 1750)
- 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
- 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
- 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
- 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
- 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
- 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
Died on February 8
- 1599 » Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)
- 1623 » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)
- 1676 » Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
- 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
- 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
- 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
- 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
- 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
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.
- 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.
- 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.