1703 in England
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 1703 in England: |
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Events from the year 1703 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne of Great Britain
[edit] Events
- 18 May - War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough captures the cities of Cologne, Bonn, Limburg, Huy and Guelders.[1]
- 29 July–31 July - Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel, after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet.
- 24 November to 2 December - the Great Storm of 1703 ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing thousands.[2] The Eddystone Lighthouse near Plymouth is destroyed in the storm.[3]
- 27 December - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines over French wines into England, while Portugal will import woolen goods from England.[4] This leads to the increasing popularity of Port wine in Britain.[1]
[edit] Undated
- George Psalmanazar arrives in London.
- Isaac Newton becomes the chairman of the Royal Society.
[edit] Births
- 17 June - John Wesley, founder of Methodism (died 1791)
- 26 November - Theophilus Cibber, actor and writer (died 1758)
[edit] Deaths
- 3 March - Robert Hooke, scientist (born 1635)
- 20 April - Lancelot Addison, royal chaplain (born 1632)
- 26 May - Samuel Pepys, civil servant and diarist (born 1633)
- 28 October - John Wallis, mathematician (born 1616)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 290. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ Country profile of Portugal, Foreign and Commonwealth Office website
