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- Adrianus van den Hout, Moergestel
- Jannetje Sassenburg, Heerjansdam
- Huberta Paschasia Schijvenaers, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1757)
- Jacobus Eck, 's-Hertogenbosch
- Antonius Kessels, Wanssum
- Johannes ten Holder, Gendringen, Nederland († 1720)
- John Power, Providence, Providence Plantations Cnty, Rhode Island, Colonial America († 1772)
- Henricus Van Den Broeck, Heist-op-den-Berg, 2220, Antwerpen, België († 1761)
- Jannitje Lucasse Sassenburgh, Heerjansdam, Holland (South), Netherlands († 1757)
- Euphemia Catharina (Fenne) Kistenmakers, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
Died on Saturday April 7, 1703
- Janna de Smit
- Joannes Petrus Cornelis Aarts Sgrauwen (60), Roosendaal
- Joannes Michelse Blaeij de (43), Vroenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Barbara Neidig (23), Rotenberg, Baden, Germany
- Bartholomeus van der Burgh, Batavia, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië
- Emmigje Jansdr.
- Antoine JOBAL (0), Ars-sur-Moselle, Moselle, Grand Est, France
- Barbara Mertens, Londerzeel
- Adriaen Willekeyn, Zegelsem
- Goossen Jansz (63), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 7, 1703 at Delpher
Born on April 7
- 1644 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general († 1730)
- 1648 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council († 1721)
- 1652 » Pope Clement XII († 1740)
- 1713 » Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist († 1801)
- 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
- 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
- 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
- 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
- 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
- 1780 » William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian († 1842)
Died on April 7
- 1651 » Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
- 1658 » Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
- 1661 » Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)
- 1663 » Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
- 1668 » William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
- 1719 » Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
- 1739 » Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
- 1747 » Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
- 1761 » Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
- 1766 » Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1703
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 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.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.