What happened in 1703?
47 recorded events in 1703, including 18 in people, 13 in wars & conflicts and 8 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 13
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First Battle of Höchstädt
1703 battle
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Battle of Ekeren
1703 battle
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Battle of Pułtusk
1703 battle of the Great Northern War
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Battle of Speyerbach
1703 battle
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Siege of Kehl
1703 siege
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Battle of Saladen
1703 battle
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Siege of Thorn
1703 siege
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Siege of Guadeloupe
1703 unsuccessful British siege during the War of the Spanish Succession
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Siege of Bonn
1703 part of the War of the Spanish Succession
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Battle of Systerbäck
1703 battle
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Battle of Zvolen
1703 battle in Rákóczi's War of Independence
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Battle of Falmouth
Battle
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Battle of Billot tower
1703 battle of the War of the Camisards
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Szatmár
1711 treaty ending Rákóczi's War of Independence
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Methuen Treaty
1703 Anglo-Portuguese treaty
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People 18
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Robert Hooke died
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
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John Wallis died
English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)
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Vincenzo Viviani died
Italian scientist (1622-1703)
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Erik Dahlbergh died
Swedish count, army officer, architect and official (1625-1703)
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Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel died
Swedish noble and chemist
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Johann Sturm died
Neuburger philosopher (1635–1703)
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Francesco Eschinardi died
Italian mathematician
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François Barrême died
French mathematician
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Johann Christoph Bach I died
German composer and organist (1642–1703)
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Nicolas de Grigny died
French composer and organist
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Alessandro Melani died
Italian composer
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Brigida Bianchi died
Italian actress
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John Wesley born
Born in Epworth. Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791).
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Shah Waliullah Dehlawi born
Born in Delhi. Indian muslim scholar.
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Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans born
Born in Versailles. Duke of Orléans, grandson of Louis XIV.
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Anton Wilhelm Amo born
Born in Axim. Ghanaian-German philosopher.
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Aleksei Chirikov born
Born in Luzhnoye. Russian explorer.
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Jean-François Séguier born
Born in Nîmes. French astronomer and botanist (1703-1784).
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fort-Liberté
Cathedral
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St. Georg
Filial church in Ottering, Inning am Holz, Germany
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Church of Saint Nicholas
Temple in Ozeretskoe, Russia
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Economy & Trade 1
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Onega Tractor Plant
Manufacturing plant in Russia
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1703 Apennine earthquakes
Earthquakes in Italy
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Edirne Incident
1703 military coup in the Ottoman Empire
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Architecture & Engineering 8
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Summer Palace of Peter I
Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia
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Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet
Church located in Paris, in France
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Monbijou Palace
Castle in Berlin, Germany
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Schloss Nordkirchen
Palace in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany
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Église de la Madeleine
Church located in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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Øksnes Church
Church in Øksnes, Norway
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Fluberg Church
Church building in Søndre Land, Innlandet, Norway
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Madonna delle Nevi
Church in Sinalunga
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