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April 5, 1703Born on Friday April 6, 1703
- Adrianus "Adriaan" van der Staeck, Vught († 1749)
- Dirk Gerrits van der HOEVE, Maasland
- Anna Eva YOST, Ober Kainsbach, Hesse Darmstadt Germany († 1746)
- Anna Smits, Limbricht, Nederland († 1741)
- Cornelis Clapwijk, Pijancker
- Adrianus van der Staeck, Vught († 1749)
- Antonij Janssen van de VEN, Lieshout, 3925, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1773)
- Arie Cornelisz MEELDIJK, Klaaswaal, Cromstrijen
- Antonius THEUNISSEN (ANTEUNISSEN, THONISSEN), Hoeselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 1763)
- Adriaen de LEEUW, Dordrecht
Died on Friday April 6, 1703
- Bastiaen Carlier, Groede
- Bernd Dietrich von der Recke (73)
- Ermgard Stephana van Randwijck (51)
- Henderijna Jansdr Bijlevelt (0), Delft
- Ermgard Stephana van Randwijck (51)
- Isaäc (Jr) van Uyterwijk, van Uiterwijck toe Heemse (54), Heusden, Brabant, The Netherlands
- Isaac van Uterwijck (56), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Isaac Van Uterwijck (56), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Gerrit van Wee (73), Jersey, Bergen, New Jersey
- Isaac van Uterwijck (56), Heusden
Born on April 6
- 1651 » André Dacier, French scholar and academic († 1722)
- 1660 » Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer († 1722)
- 1664 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County († 1742)
- 1671 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright († 1741)
- 1672 » André Cardinal Destouches, French composer († 1749)
- 1706 » Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer († 1759)
- 1708 » Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer († 1772)
- 1725 » Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician († 1807)
- 1726 » Gerard Majella, Italian saint († 1755)
- 1741 » Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright († 1794)
Died on April 6
- 1593 » Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)
- 1605 » John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)
- 1621 » Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (b. 1539)
- 1641 » Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (b. 1581)
- 1655 » David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)
- 1676 » John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
- 1686 » Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)
- 1707 » Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)
- 1755 » Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)
- 1790 » Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (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.
- 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 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.
- 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.