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Born on Thursday September 20, 1703
- Anna Ligtenberg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1707)
- Catharina Lucassen, Bimmen, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1734)
- Agnes Reith, Großenlüder, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1716)
- Angelina Wilhelmi Cornelij van Gerwen, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1741)
- Catharina Vromans, Goirle († 1734)
- Carolus Van Pouillie, Brugge (BE)
- August Friedrich van Cramm, Rheden († 1778)
- Berend Harmensz Roest, Wageningen,, Gelderland, Nederland
- August Frederik van Cramm Heer van Ölber en Asnabrucksc († 1778)
- Benjamin Todd, Port Royal, Southamptom, Bermuda
Died on Thursday September 20, 1703
- Anna Christine Dambmann (58), Rüsselsheim am Main (65428), OT Bauschheim, Krs. Groß-Gerau, Hessen
- Eldert Copijn (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Petrus WALSCHAP (2), Liezele
- Judocus Anthonisse van de Wiel (74), Drunen, Nederland
- Catharina van Sint Truijen (1), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Grietje Pleunen, Oud-Alblas, Z.H
- Grietje Pleunen VAN BRANDWIJCK (83), Oud-Alblas
- Margaretha BECKX BECKERS (0), Donk (B)
- Grientje Pleunsdr, Oud Alblas
- Leendert Jansz VLIEGVIS (54)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 20, 1703 at Delpher
Born on September 20
- 1593 » Gottfried Scheidt, German organist and composer († 1661)
- 1599 » Christian the Younger of Brunswick († 1623)
- 1608 » Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice († 1657)
- 1614 » Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian († 1661)
- 1685 » Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer († 1751)
- 1746 » Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer († 1786)
- 1758 » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor († 1806)
- 1778 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer († 1852)
- 1800 » Benjamin Franklin White, American singer and composer († 1879)
- 1815 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania († 1869)
Died on September 20
- 1586 » Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (b. 1561)
- 1590 » Lodovico Agostini, Italian priest, composer, and scholar (b. 1534)
- 1625 » Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
- 1627 » Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1560)
- 1639 » Johannes Meursius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1579)
- 1643 » Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1610)
- 1684 » Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1634)
- 1793 » Fletcher Christian, English lieutenant and mutineer (b. 1764)
- 1803 » Robert Emmet, Irish commander (b. 1780)
- 1815 » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and scholar (b. 1725)
Names that were popular for boys in 1703
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Willem
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Jean
- John
- Johann
- Pierre
- Dirk
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.
- 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.
- 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.