What happened in 1703?

First Battle of Höchstädt

Wars & Conflicts · Höchstädt an der Donau

1703 battle

Battle of Ekeren

Wars & Conflicts · Ekeren

1703 battle

Battle of Pułtusk

Wars & Conflicts · Pułtusk

1703 battle of the Great Northern War

Battle of Speyerbach

Wars & Conflicts · Speyer

1703 battle

Siege of Kehl

Wars & Conflicts · Kehl

1703 siege

Battle of Saladen

Wars & Conflicts · Europe

1703 battle

Siege of Thorn

Wars & Conflicts · Toruń

1703 siege

Siege of Guadeloupe

Wars & Conflicts · Guadeloupe

1703 unsuccessful British siege during the War of the Spanish Succession

Siege of Bonn

Wars & Conflicts · Bonn

1703 part of the War of the Spanish Succession

Battle of Systerbäck

Wars & Conflicts · Sestra

1703 battle

Battle of Zvolen

Wars & Conflicts · Zvolen

1703 battle in Rákóczi's War of Independence

Battle of Falmouth

Wars & Conflicts · Falmouth

Battle

Battle of Billot tower

Wars & Conflicts · Bagard

1703 battle of the War of the Camisards

Battle of Cap de la Roque

Wars & Conflicts · Cabo da Roca

1703 naval battle

Battle of Dovhe

Wars & Conflicts · Dovhe

1703 battle

Raid on Nassau

Wars & Conflicts · New Providence

1703 map of Nassau

Ottoman invasion of Western Georgia

Wars & Conflicts · Georgia

1703 military expedition by the Ottoman Empire

Bavarian Rummel

Wars & Conflicts · County of Tyrol

Part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1703)

Treaty of Szatmár

Politics & Government

1711 treaty ending Rákóczi's War of Independence

Methuen Treaty

Politics & Government

1703 Anglo-Portuguese treaty

Robert Hooke died

People · London

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)

John Wallis died

People · Oxford

English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)

Vincenzo Viviani died

People · Florence

Italian scientist (1622-1703)

Erik Dahlbergh died

People · Stockholm

Swedish count, army officer, architect and official (1625-1703)

Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel died

People · Bernau bei Berlin

Swedish noble and chemist

Johann Sturm died

People · Altdorf bei Nürnberg

Neuburger philosopher (1635–1703)

Francesco Eschinardi died

People · Rome

Italian mathematician

François Barrême died

People · Paris

French mathematician

Johann Christoph Bach I died

People · Eisenach

German composer and organist (1642–1703)

Nicolas de Grigny died

People · Reims

French composer and organist

Alessandro Melani died

People · Rome

Italian composer

Brigida Bianchi died

People · Venice

Italian actress

John Wesley born

People · Epworth

Born in Epworth. Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791).

Shah Waliullah Dehlawi born

People · Delhi

Born in Delhi. Indian muslim scholar.

Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans born

People · Versailles

Born in Versailles. Duke of Orléans, grandson of Louis XIV.

Anton Wilhelm Amo born

People · Axim

Born in Axim. Ghanaian-German philosopher.

Aleksei Chirikov born

People · Luzhnoye

Born in Luzhnoye. Russian explorer.

Jean-François Séguier born

People · Nîmes

Born in Nîmes. French astronomer and botanist (1703-1784).

Marie Leszczyńska born

People · Poznań

Born in Poznań. Queen Consort of France (1703–1768).

John Theodore of Bavaria born

People · Munich

Born in Munich. Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Phetracha died

People · Phra Ratchawang Boran

Died in Phra Ratchawang Boran. King of Ayutthaya.

Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes born

People · Versailles

Born in Versailles. Catholic cardinal.

Safa Giray de Crimea died

People · Karnobat

Died in Karnobat. Khan of Crimea from 1691 to 1692.

Oran Expedition

Exploration & Discovery

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fort-Liberté

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral

St. Georg

Religion & Belief Systems · Ottering

Filial church in Ottering, Inning am Holz, Germany

Church of Saint Nicholas

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Ozeretskoe, Russia

Holy Ghost Fathers

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic congregation of priests, lay brothers, and lay associates

Nancy Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Trinity Cathedral (Verkhoturie)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Verkhoturye, Russia

Church of Saint Joseph (Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Trutnov District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Six Principle Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Rhode Island, United States of America

Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery in Belgorod

Religion & Belief Systems

St. Martina

Religion & Belief Systems · Schalkenried

Chapel in Schalkenried, Germany

St. Sebastian

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church

Church of Saint Bartholomew in Włodowice

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Włodowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

St. Laurentius

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Denkendorf, Bavaria, Germany

Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Residential church building and part of an architectural ensemble in Heimiswil in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Onega Tractor Plant

Economy & Trade · Petrozavodsk

Manufacturing plant in Russia

1703 Apennine earthquakes

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquakes in Italy

Great Storm of 1703

Disasters & Pandemics

Major 1703 storm in England and Wales and out at the English Channel

Moulin de l'Agau massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Nîmes

Massacre of Huguenots

Edirne Incident

Social Movements & Revolutions · Istanbul

1703 military coup in the Ottoman Empire

Naqib al-Ashraf Revolt

Social Movements & Revolutions · Jerusalem

1703–1705 popular uprising in Jerusalem against the Ottoman authorities

Summer Palace of Peter I

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia

Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Monbijou Palace

Architecture & Engineering · Berlin-Mitte

Castle in Berlin, Germany

Schloss Nordkirchen

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Église de la Madeleine

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Øksnes Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Øksnes, Norway

Fluberg Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Søndre Land, Innlandet, Norway

Madonna delle Nevi

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Sinalunga

Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps

Architecture & Engineering

Military museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Africa

Kronslot

Architecture & Engineering

Island fort in Kronstadt, Russia

Saints Peter and Paul Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Petrozavodsk, Russia