Events in year of 1703
- 05-01Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
- 05-02Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
- 05-18Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne
- 05-27St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
- 08-21Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II
- 09-12Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage
- 09-12English army under Archduke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal
- 11-241st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
- 11-26Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships
- 12-27England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
- 12-30Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
People born in year of 1703
- 01-11Columban Praelisauer: Composer
- 01-20Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Composer
- 01-29Carlmann Kolb: Composer
- 03-01Dieudonne Raick: Composer
- 03-24Jose F de Isla [Francisco de Salazar]: Spanish Jesuit / writer
- 04-16Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano]: Italian castra singer / Duke
- 05-08Gottlob Harrer: Composer
- 06-17John B Wesley: England, United Kingdom -- Religion co-founder (Methodists)
- 09-03Johan-Theodoor van Bayern: Prince-Bishop of Luik / Cardinal
- 09-07Jean Monnet: Composer
- 09-23Jean-Marie Leclair: Composer
- 10-05Jonathan Edwards: United States -- Theologian / philosopher (Original Sin)
People died in year of 1703
- 01-16Matteo Coferati: Composer, dies at 64
- 03-03Robert Hooke: Scientific genius, dies in London
- 03-20Johann Kunckel / Kunkel: German Alchemist / ambassador to Sweden
- 04-26Georg Christoph Leuttner: Composer, dies at 58
- 05-01Kiva Yoshinaka: Japanese monarch, murdered
- 05-03Eglon van de Down: Still-life painter
- 05-16Charles Perrault: Author / fairy tale writer
- 05-21Roemer Vlacq: Dutch Admiral, dies in battle
- 05-26Samuel Pepys: English marine expert (Diary) / composer, dies at 70
- 06-15Gillis Schey: Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58
- 10-03Pieter van Wooden: Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
- 10-03Richard Saab: Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
- 10-28John Wallis: English Mathematician / cryptographer (wig of W)
- 11-19Man in the Iron Mask: Prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris
- 11-30Nicolas de Grigny: Composer, dies at 31
- 12-29Mustapha II: Sultan of Turkey, dies at 39
Events in year of 1704
- 02-28Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City
- 02-28Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
- 02-29French and Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100
- 04-171st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell
- 04-24"Boston News-Letter, " 1st successful newspaper in US, forms
- 05-01Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad
- 05-20Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York
- 07-12Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes King of part of Poland
- 07-24English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
- 08-02Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim
- 08-03English / Dutch fleet under Rooke / Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
- 08-04War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
- 08-13French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany
- 08-24Sea battle at Malaga
- 09-28Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman / preacher
People born in year of 1704
- 02-24Hubert Renotte: Composer
- 05-07Carl Heinrich Graun: Composer
- 06-11Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas: Composer
- 07-15August Gottlieb Spangenberg: Founder of Moravian Church in North America
- 07-31Gabriel Cramer: Switzerland -- Mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
- 08-13Lorenzo Fago: Composer
- 10-02Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma: Composer
- 10-17Willem Bentinck: Orangist
- 11-10Carlo Zuccari: Composer
- 11-17Salomeja Neris [S Bacinskaite-Buciene]: Latvian poet
- 11-28Jacob Mossel: Governor-General (Dutch East Indies)
- 12-08Anton de Haen: Medical expert (Ratio Medendi)
People died in year of 1704
- 01-21Willem B Schepers: Dutch Merchant / ship owner, dies at about 83
- 02-23Georg Muffat: French / German Organist / composer, dies at 50
- 02-24Marc-Antoine Charpentier: French Composer (church music)
- 03-17Menno baron van Coehoorn: Fort builder / Coevorden / howitzer, dies at 63
- 04-12John Hudde: 21x Mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
- 05-03Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Austrian violist / composer, dies at 59
- 10-01Cornelis Dusart: Painter / engraver, dies at 44
- 10-28John Locke: English philosopher (2 treatises of govt), dies at 72
Events in year of 1705
- 04-16Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
- 10-15English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona
People born in year of 1705
- 01-14Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier / Lozier-Bouvet: Governor (Reunion Is)
- 01-24Farinelli [Carlo Broschi]: Andria, Italy -- Castrato
- 02-06Johann Matthias Leffloth: Composer
- 02-15Charles A Vanloo: French painter
- 02-22Peter Arctedius [Artedi]: Swedish biologist
- 03-03Michael Schevenstuhl: Composer
- 04-20Balthasar Schmid: Composer
- 05-10Gallus Zeiler: Composer
- 08-04Vaclav Matyas Gurecky: Composer
- 08-08Gustaaf Imhoff: Gov of Ceylon (1736-40) / Governor of the Netherlands Indies (1743-50)
- 09-19Henri-Jacques de Croes: Flemish composer / band master
- 09-28Henry Fox: England, United Kingdom -- 1st Baron Holland, corrupt politician (Chiswick)
- 09-28Johann Peter Kellner: Composer
- 10-31Clemens XIV [Giovanni Ganganelli]: Pope (1769-74)
- 11-15Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Composer
People died in year of 1705
- 01-15Walraad [the Young]: Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler / gov of Nijmegen
- 02-05Jean Gilles: Composer, dies at 37
- 04-02Johann Lohner: Composer, dies at 59
- 05-05Leopold I von Hapsburg: Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
- 08-08Willem Roukens: Mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
- 08-16Jean / Jacobus Bernouilli: Swiss mathematician, dies at 50
- 09-21Willem Hadriaan of Nassau: Corrupt mister of Odijck
- 10-11Guillaume Amontons: French physicist, dies at 42