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May 23, 1703Born on Thursday May 24, 1703
- Jan Jansz. Heijdra, Stompwijk
- Adrianus Meyvis, Minderhout
- Gerardus Baltus Verstijnen, Oisterwijk († 1742)
- Guillaume François Antoine Mathieu SOURIS, Ivoz-Ramet,4400,Luik,Wallonië,BELGIË
- Hermannus Wessels
- Cornelius VAN DER HEYDEN, Hoogstraten (Antwerpen), België († 1765)
- Jacobus QUINTENS, Westkapelle,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1763)
- Arike Aartszen) Klinger, Kerk-Avezaath
- Adriana Jacobs van Alckemade, Leiden († 1734)
- Laurent Leautaud, ( Verger ) Uvernet-Fours
Died on Thursday May 24, 1703
- Hillegond Jacobsdr van der Laan (60)
- Paulus Cornelisz Capteijn Kapteijn (41), , Berkenwoude, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Heiltje Andriesdr Coorn
- Cornelis Bastiaansz Loosje (74)
- Jean-Baptiste Trottier (56)
- Antoine du Bois (80), Douai, 59500, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Gijsbert Willemsz Verweij
- Paulus Cornelisz. Cappe(i)teijn (41), Berkenwoude
- Jean Baptiste Trottier (56), St Genevieve-de-Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec, Canada
- Thomas Damon (13), Reading, Middlesex, MA
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 24, 1703 at Delpher
Born on May 24
- 1616 » John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland († 1682)
- 1628 » Marek Sobieski, Polish noble († 1652)
- 1669 » Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite († 1743)
- 1671 » Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1737)
- 1686 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale († 1736)
- 1689 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1769)
- 1743 » Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician († 1793)
- 1789 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
- 1794 » William Whewell, English priest and philosopher († 1866)
- 1803 » Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist († 1866)
Died on May 24
- 1612 » Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563)
- 1627 » Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
- 1632 » Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- 1665 » Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602)
- 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
- 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
- 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
- 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
- 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
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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.
- May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 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.