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March 21, 1703Died on Thursday March 22, 1703
- Jan Hendriks, Zethuys
- Jacques Isaac Harnois (58), Québec Québec, Canada
- Tijs Heere (6), Raamsdonkveer
- Tijs HEERE (6), Raamsdonkveer
- Rosina Margaretha Forney (1), Wachenheim, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Maria Matthijs Jan Hofkens (68)
- Edmund Cowgill (0), Burlington, NJ
- Baron Johann Of Waldbott von Bassenheim (65)
- Anna Maria Höhle, Immighausen (HE, DEU)
- nn Barendregt (0), Charlois, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 22, 1703 at Delpher
Born on March 22
- 1609 » John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king († 1672)
- 1615 » Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist († 1691)
- 1663 » August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar († 1727)
- 1684 » William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War († 1764)
- 1712 » Edward Moore, English poet and playwright († 1757)
- 1720 » Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace († 1799)
- 1723 » Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician († 1783)
- 1728 » Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist († 1779)
- 1785 » Adam Sedgwick, English scientist († 1873)
- 1797 » William I, German Emperor († 1888)
Died on March 22
- 1544 » Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)
- 1602 » Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)
- 1685 » Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
- 1687 » Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
- 1758 » Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
- 1772 » John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)
- 1820 » Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
- 1832 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
- 1840 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
- 1864 » Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Willem
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Jansz
- Van
- Joseph
- Cornelisz
Names that were popular for girls in 1703
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Jannetje
- Margaretha
- Mary
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.