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.