1703
Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy May 27 - Founding of St Petersburg in Russia May 26 - Portugal joins Grand Alliance July 29-31 - Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet September 12 - War of the Spanish Succession – Habsburg Archduke Charles proclaimed King of Spain November 19 - Unknown masked prisoner dies in Bastille November 24 to December 2 - the Great Storm of 1703 ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing thousands December 27 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England. A Tale of a Tub, first major satire by Jonathan Swift, published George Psalmanazar arrives in London Isaac Newton becomes the chairman of Royal Society Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa II (1695-1703) to Ahmed III (1703-1730).
BirthsOctober 5 - Jonathan Edwards, Calvinist preacherJune 28 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (died 1791)
Deaths March 3 - Robert Hooke, scientistMay 16 - Charles Perrault, French author. May 26 - Samuel Pepys, English civil servant, famous for his diary November 19 - The Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner of unknown identity.
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