Historical Events In 1703
Monday, 05 January 2026
Jan 11 Columban Praelisauer, composer in the year 1703. 


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


Jan 20 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer in the year 1703. 


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


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


Mar 01 Dieudonne Raick, composer in the year 1703. 


Mar 03 Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history. 


Mar 20 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies in the year 1703. 


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


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


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


May 01 Battle at Rultusk Swedish army beats Russians in the year 1703. 


May 01 In the year 1703 battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians 


May 01 Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered in the year 1703. 


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


May 03 On this day in history eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies 


May 08 On this day in history gottlob Harrer, composer 


May 16 Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies in the year 1703. 


May 18 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne in the year 1703. 


May 21 In the year 1703 roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle 


May 26 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history. 


May 27 St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great in the year 1703. 


Jun 15 In the year 1703 gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58 


Jun 17 John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) in the year 1703. 


Jul 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 in the year 1703. 


Aug 21 Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II in the year 1703. 


Sep 03 Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal on this day in history. 


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 in the year 1703. 


Sep 23 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer on this day in history. 


Oct 03 Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history. 


Oct 05 Jonathan Edwards, US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin) in the year 1703. 


Oct 28 John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies on this day in history. 


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