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July 15, 1703Born on Monday July 16, 1703
- Cornelis Aertse Veth, Papendrecht, Nederland († 1788)
- Hannah Hovey, Bradford, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States († 1724)
- Antonetta de Jager, Dordrecht
- Anna van Ekelenburgh, Rotterdam († 1704)
- Jacob HUIJGENS, Dordrecht
- Dirckje Verheul, Bergschenhoek
- Jacques Quagebeur, Poperinge (BE) († 1751)
- Antoine Alexandre d'Amboise, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France († 1775)
- Jannigje Cornelisse Tromp, Reeuwijk
- Henricus Callaert, Moorslede († 1790)
Died on Monday July 16, 1703
- Catharina Schiffelarts, Schin op Geul (Limburg)
- Maertje Claas Olij (0), Beemster
- Christian Gyldenløve (29), Odense, Danemark
- Robert (Sir)(2Nd Earl Of Cardigan) BRUDENELL (96), Staunton Wyville, Leicestershire
- Christian Gyldenløve Danneskiold-Samsøe (29)
- Christian I.Gyldenlove (29), Odense
- Catharina Schifflaer Schiffelers, Schin op Geul, Limburg, Nederland
- Christian Gyldenløve, Greve (29), Odense
- Catharina Schiffelers (46)
- Johanna van der Dussen (27)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 16, 1703 at Delpher
Born on July 16
- 1611 » Cecilia Renata of Austria († 1644)
- 1661 » Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain, explorer, and politician († 1706)
- 1714 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author († 1800)
- 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
- 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
- 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
- 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)
- 1796 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher († 1875)
- 1821 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science († 1910)
- 1841 » Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist († 1923)
Died on July 16
- 1576 » Isabella de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1542)
- 1647 » Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)
- 1664 » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
- 1686 » John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
- 1691 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
- 1729 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
- 1747 » Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
- 1770 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)
- 1796 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
- 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
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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.
- 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.
- August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.