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Birthday April 12, 1703

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1705 » William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist († 1780)
• 1710 » Caffarelli, Italian actor and singer († 1783)
• 1713 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author († 1796)
• 1716 » Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1796)
• 1722 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1793)
• 1724 » Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia († 1790)