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July 7, 1703Born on Sunday July 8, 1703
- Anje Luitjes Bouman, Meeden († 1752)
- Aafje Willemsdr Van De Geneugte, Zoeterwoude
- Arien van der ESCH, Papendrecht
- Aagtje de Wit, De Rijp, NHO, Nederland
- Berent Jacobs Brummelbos, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Anna Gertrudis aen de Lint, Horst († 1785)
- Aeltjen Arents, Mensingeweer
- Aaf Jansd GALIS, Drechterland,NETHERLANDS,Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aaf Galis
- Ariaantje Crnlsdr Warmenhoven, Noordwijk
Died on Sunday July 8, 1703
- Catarina van Kemseke (62), Sint Niklaas
- Femmigjen Lucas Smit (4)
- Jacob de Famars (de Fumars) (73), Lingen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- Pachasia VandenBorre (64), Wannegem Lede
- Aeltje Allerts (48), Weener, Oost-Friesland, Pruissen
- Susanah Gleason (69), Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- David Polk (28), Somerset, Maryland, United States
- Sarah Streeter (60), Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Wijnalda Mulerius (5), Amsterdam
- Jacques de Famars (73)
Born on July 8
- 1593 » Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter († 1653)
- 1621 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet († 1695)
- 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
- 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
- 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
- 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
- 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
- 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
- 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
- 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
Died on July 8
- 1623 » Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
- 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
- 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
- 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
- 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
- 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
- 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
- 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Jean
- John
- Johann
- Pierre
- Thomas
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.
- 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 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.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.