1703 - What happened in 1703 ?


February 1703


Sunday 04:

The day that forty-six of the forty-seven ronin committed sepuku.




May 1703


Sunday 27:

Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.




July 1703


Tuesday 31:

Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.




November 1703


Tuesday 27:

The first Eddystone Lighthouse destroyed in storm.




December 1703


Thursday 27:

Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.



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