1703

Year 1703 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ). 1703 of the was a, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.

January - June

 * - An hits the town of,.
 * - In, the  commit , a ritual suicide.
 * - An hits,.
 * - Soldiers at  celebrate, starting the tradition for.
 * - Company of Quenching of Fire (i.e., a ) founded in,.
 * - Founding of in.
 * - joins the.

July - December





 * - - is placed in a  then imprisoned 4 months for the crime of seditious, after publishing a politically satirical  (his release is granted mid-November).
 * - –  Archduke Charles proclaimed King of.
 * - A whirlwind blows down the tower of the Gan Takal in, capital of , killing 30.
 * - dies in.
 * to - the, an Atlantic , ravages southern  and the , killing nearly 8000, mostly at sea.
 * - and  sign the  which gives preference to Portuguese imported s into England.

Undated

 * , first major satire by, is published.
 * arrives in.
 * becomes the chairman of the.
 * (1703-) succeeds (-1703) as  of the.

Births

 * -, Irish-born religious leader (died )
 * (N. S.) -, Russian poet (died )
 * -, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (died )
 * -, English founder of Methodism (died )
 * -, first president of Yale University (died )
 * -, Italian Jesuit leader (died )
 * -, French painter (died )
 * -, American preacher (died )
 * -, French mathematician (died )
 * -, French astronomer and botanist (died )
 * -, English actor and writer (died )
 * -, Croatian explorer (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, German classical scholar and critic (born )
 * -, English scientist (born )
 * -, German composer (born )
 * -, English royal chaplain (born )
 * -, French author (born )
 * -, English civil servant and diarist (born )
 * -, French adventurer (born )
 * -, Italian mathematician and scientist (born )
 * -, Scottish privy councillor (born )
 * -, French soldier (born )
 * -, English mathematician (born )
 * -, French organist and composer (born )
 * -, (born )
 * date unknown -, king of (born )
 * date unknown -, king of (born )


 * See also .