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March 4, 1703Born on Monday March 5, 1703
- Frederik Georg Riedesel Vrijheer van Eisenbach, Ludwigseck († 1775)
- Anna Maria Gijsberti Hoppenbrouwers, Gemeente Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Johann Wilhelm von Chelius († 1772)
- Antoine Hubert ROQUET, Avin, 64006, Liège, Belgique
- Charles Edward Barker III, St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, United States († 1764)
- Jeanne Deleval, Warsage, Luik, België († 1769)
- Catharina Adriaenssen Opt Hillo, Kalmthout, 2920, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Judith Korsse, Leiden
- Adriana van der Voort, Eikenduinen
- Elizabeth BONNETT, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England
Died on Monday March 5, 1703
- pierre FOULART (50), Morlanwelz (Belgium) Hainaut
- Johan Georg van Saksen-Weissenfels (0), Weissenfels, Saksen-Anhalt
- Helena (Heijltje) Jacob Simon Sprenckels (41)
- Ghijsbert Elberts Mooij (54)
- Andries Cornelus Dunia (71), Hallum
- Maria Carton, Moere
- Adriaan van Overveldt (47)
- Danielis De Schutter - De Scutter (0), Kontich
- Elisabeth Hoffmann (10), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Gabriël VAN DEN KEYBUS (41), Wuustwezel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 5, 1703 at Delpher
Born on March 5
- 1658 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1730)
- 1693 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar († 1754)
- 1696 » Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter († 1770)
- 1703 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright († 1768)
- 1713 » Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar († 1776)
- 1713 » Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop († 1783)
- 1723 » Princess Mary of Great Britain († 1773)
- 1733 » Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer († 1816)
- 1739 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician († 1819)
- 1748 » Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist († 1810)
Died on March 5
- 1599 » Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)
- 1611 » Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1533)
- 1622 » Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
- 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
- 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
- 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
- 1778 » Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
- 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
- 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
- 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.