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June 20, 1703Born on Thursday June 21, 1703
- Hendrina Dijkman, Delft († 1704)
- Dooije Wijbes, Groningen (Nieuwe Kerk)
- Cornelis Cock, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1778)
- Adriaan Peter van LOON, Oosterhout,Gemeente Oosterhout,North Brabant,NETHERLANDS († 1767)
- Dr John Watson, Falls, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1757)
- Cornelie Claes Notelaers, Loenhout (B)
- Anna Catharina Valckeniers, Lichtaart († 1771)
- Joannes Chapron, Mechelen, Sint-Katelijne, 2800, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Cornelis Peeters COCQ KOCKE COCKE, Oosterhout (NL)
- Johan Schrakamp, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland († 1751)
Died on Thursday June 21, 1703
- Philips Christiaan Theben (48), Hulst, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Cornelis Jans Haubois (33), Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
- Govert van der Sluys, Geertruidenberg, Nederland
- Oeds Hedmans (76), Dantumawâld, Dantumadiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Anne Magdalene Colb (62), Malmesheim
- Arnoud van Wijck (36)
- Oeds HEDMANS (76), Dantumawâld (Damwâld), Dantumadiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Niesjen Thijmans (59), Bunschoten
- Livinus Dregghe (DE REGGE) (35), STEKENE
- Livinus (Lieven) Dregghe (73), Stekene (B)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 21, 1703 at Delpher
Born on June 21
- 1676 » Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author († 1729)
- 1706 » John Dollond, English optician and astronomer († 1761)
- 1710 » James Short, Scottish-English mathematician and optician († 1768)
- 1712 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral († 1790)
- 1730 » Motoori Norinaga, Japanese poet and scholar († 1801)
- 1732 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German pianist and composer († 1791)
- 1736 » Enoch Poor, American general († 1780)
- 1741 » Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais († 1808)
- 1750 » Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor and illustrator († 1818)
- 1759 » Alexander J. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1817)
Died on June 21
- 1596 » Jean Liebault, French agronomist and physician (b. 1535)
- 1621 » Kryštof Harant, Czech soldier and composer (b. 1564)
- 1621 » Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1575)
- 1622 » Salomon Schweigger, German theologian (b. 1551)
- 1631 » John Smith, English admiral and explorer (b. 1580)
- 1652 » Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House and Wilton House (b. 1573)
- 1661 » Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (b. 1599)
- 1737 » Matthieu Marais, French author, critic, and jurist (b. 1664)
- 1738 » Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1674)
- 1796 » Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (b. 1710)
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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 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.