1703 in science
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The year 1703 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Meteorology
- November 24 to December 2 - the Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic hurricane, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing nearly 8000, mostly at sea.
[edit] Technology
- An early, crude seismograph is developed by the French physicist Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724).
[edit] Appointments
- Isaac Newton is elected president of the Royal Society, a position he held until his death in 1727.
[edit] Births
- October 28 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (died 1768)
- November 25 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (died 1784)
- December 2 - Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (died 1759)
- undated - Chester Moore Hall, English scientific instrument maker (died 1771)
- undated - Aleksei Chirikov, Russian explorer (died 1748)
[edit] Deaths
- March 3 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (born 1635)
- September 22 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (born 1622)
- October 28 - John Wallis, English mathematician (born 1616)
