Historical Events In 1703

Jan 11   Columban Praelisauer, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1703.   

Jan 20   Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history carlmann Kolb, composer   

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 in the year 1703.   

Mar 03   In the year 1703 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer   

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

Apr 26   On this day in history georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58   

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

May 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1703 eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies   

May 08   Gottlob Harrer, composer on this day in history.   

May 16   In the year 1703 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies   

May 18   In the year 1703 dutch & English troops occupy Cologne   

May 21   Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

May 26   Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 in the year 1703.   

May 27   In the year 1703 st Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great   

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

Jun 17   John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history jean Monnet, composer   

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 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 in the year 1703.   

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Jan 11   Columban Praelisauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Carlmann Kolb, composer was born in the year 1703.   

Feb 05   In the year 1703 birth of gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)   

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

Mar 05   Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

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

Apr 16   Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)   

Jan 16   In the year 1703 matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64   

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

Mar 20   In the year 1703 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies   

Mar 31   In the year 1703 death of johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)   

Apr 20   In the year 1703 death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)   

Apr 26   On this day in history georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58   

May 01   On this day in history death of kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered