Daniel Defoe standing in the pillory in London. Photo credit Wellcome Library, London
In the year 1703, Saint Petersburg is founded, following Peter the Great’s reconquest of Ingria from Sweden (May 27), Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for publishing his satirical political pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (Jul 29), the first complete census in the world is completed in Iceland (Jun), the Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille, France (Nov 19) - and all these fine people were born:
1703-appr Pehr Hansson Tårp** father of Hans Pehrsson Torp Jr./son of Hans Torp - Katternö, Torp, Sweden-Finland (1777/c. 69-78) year of birth approximate
1703-xxxx Anna Juhontytär Tårp** mother of Hans Pehrsson Torp Jr./m to Pehr Hansson Tårp - Pedersöre, Sweden-Finland (1777/c. 73-74)
1703-0108 André Levret* pioneering obstetrician - Paris, France (1780/77)
1703-0120 Joseph-Hector Fiocco* violinist/composer - Brussels, Belgium (1741/38)
1703-0131 André-Joseph Panckoucke* author/bookseller - Lille, France (1753/49)
1703-0204 Jean Saas* historian/bibliographer - Saint-Pierre-de-Franqueville, France (1774/71)
1703-0204 Andrew Stone* significant figure in the British royal circle/MP - England (1773/70)
1703-0208 Corrado Giaquinto* painter - Molfetta, Apulia, Italy (1766/63)
1703-0305 Vasily Trediakovsky* poet/essayist/ playwright - Astrakhan, Russian Empire (1769/66)
1703-0323 Cajsa Warg* cook/ cookbook author - Örebro, Sweden (1769/65)
1703-0401
1703-0410 Pierre Daubenton* lawyer/politician/author - Montbard, France (1776/73)
1703-0420
1703-0422 Jaakko Juhonpoika Pietilä** father of Anna Jaakontytär Jaakko-Kokko - Pietilä farm, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1772/69)
1703-0424 José Francisco de Isla* Jesuit priest/preacher/ humorist - Cistierna, Spain (1781/78)
1703-0430
1703-0502 James West* politician/antiquary - England (1772/69)
1703-0508 Johann Gottlob Harrer* composer/choir leader - Görlitz, Germany (1755/52)
1703-0518 Jean Daullé* engraver - Abbeville, France (1763/59)
1703-0626 Thomas Clap* educator/first president of Yale University - Scituate, Massachusetts (1767/63)
1703-0628 John Wesley* cleric/theologian/activist - Epworth, Lincolnshire, England (1791/87)
1703-0709 Edward Shippen III* merchant/mayor of Philadelphia - Boston, Massachusetts, British America (1781/78)
1703-0717 Thomas Hancock* merchant/smuggler - Boston, Massachusetts, British America (1764/63)
1703-0809 Muhammad Ibrahim* Mughal emperor/claimant to the throne of India - Tripoly Gate Prison, Delhi, India (1746/42)
1703-0830 Jean-Louis Calandrini* scientist - Geneva, Republic of Geneva (1758/55)
1703-0929 Francois Boucher* painter /draughtsman/etcher- Paris, Kingdom of France (1770/66)
1703-1001
1703-1010
1703-1013 Andrea Belli* architect/businessman - Valletta, Malta (1772/69)
1703-1020
1703-1023 Liisa Tuomaantytär Orhanen** (b Pantti) mother of Juho Matinpoika Orhanen - Kauhajoki, Sweden-Finland (1743/40)
1703-1031
1703-1126 Theophilus Cibber* actor/playwright - London, England (1758)
1703-1224 Aleksei Chirikov* navigator/along with Bering the first Russian to reach North-West coast of North America - Luzhnoye Village, Tula Oblast, Russian Empire (1748/44)
Updated 15.4.2023-4
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