Event of Interest
May 27 Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great
Peter the Great
Historic Publication
Jul 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
Daniel Defoe
- Aug 21 The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans
- Sep 12 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage
- Sep 12 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal
- Nov 24 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
- Dec 7 Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen
- Dec 7 The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703
- Dec 27 England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
- Dec 30 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die