Historical Events In 1703

Jan 11   Columban Praelisauer, composer in the year 1703.  

Jan 16   Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer  

Jan 29   Carlmann Kolb, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 04   In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-Seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death in the year 1703.  

Mar 01   Dieudonne Raick, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London in the year 1703.  

Mar 20   Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 24   Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer on this day in history.  

Apr 16   In the year 1703 caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke  

Apr 26   In the year 1703 georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58  

May 01   On this day in history battle at Rultusk Swedish army beats Russians  

May 01   On this day in history battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians  

May 01   Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered on this day in history.  

May 02   Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant on this day in history.  

May 03   In the year 1703 eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies  

May 08   On this day in history gottlob Harrer, composer  

May 16   On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

May 18   Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne on this day in history.  

May 21   Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle in the year 1703.  

May 26   On this day in history samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70  

May 27   St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great on this day in history.  

Jun 15   On this day in history gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58  

Jun 17   On this day in history john B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)  

Jul 31   In the year 1703 daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.  

Aug 21   Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on this day in history.  

Sep 03   Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal in the year 1703.  

Sep 07   Jean Monnet, composer in the year 1703.  

Sep 12   On this day in history emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage  

Sep 20   Archibald Campbell, Scot milt man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Jean-Marie Leclair, composer in the year 1703.  

Oct 03   On this day in history pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded  

Oct 05   On this day in history jonathan Edwards, US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin)  

Oct 28   On this day in history john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies  

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Jan 11   On this day in history birth of columban Praelisauer, composer  

Jan 20   In the year 1703 birth of joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer  

Jan 29   In the year 1703 birth of carlmann Kolb, composer  

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)  

Mar 01   Dieudonne Raick, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 05   On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)  

Mar 24   Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer was born in the year 1703.  

Apr 16   On this day in history birth of caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke  

Jan 11   Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 03   On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London  

Mar 20   Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642) died on this day in history.  

Apr 20   On this day in history death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)  

Apr 26   In the year 1703 georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58  

May 01   Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered died on this day in history.