Important Historical Events of the year 1703, Year 1703 in History

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List of 1703 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1703

What happened in the year 1703?

Date	Event
January 30, 1703	The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
February 4, 1703	In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
May 21, 1703	Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
May 27, 1703	Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
July 26, 1703	During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
July 31, 1703	Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
August 23, 1703	Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
December 7, 1703	The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
December 27, 1703	Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which allows Portugal to export wines to England on favorable trade terms.