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Events from the year 1703 in England.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – the case of Ashby v White is decided in the Court of Queen's Bench. Concerning the right to vote, it is a leading case in the Constitution of England and English tort law, establishing the principle for every wrong there is a remedy.
- 1 March – the Recruiting Act 1703 goes into effect, providing for the forcible enlistment of able-bodied but unemployed men into the Army and Royal Navy in order to fight in Queen Anne's War in North America. The Act expires at the end of February 1704.
- 15 March – the landmark case of Rose v Royal College of Physicians is decided in the Court of Queen's Bench, beginning the end of the monopoly that the Royal College of Physicians has over the practice of medicine.
- 18 May – War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough captures the cities of Cologne, Bonn, Limbourg, Huy and Guelders. [1]
- 29–31 July – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory (at Temple Bar, London) as part of his punishment for the crime of seditious libel after publishing his politically satirical pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters ( 1702) (he is released from Newgate Prison in mid-November).
- 23 October – Hannah Twynnoy, a 33-year-old barmaid in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, becomes the first person to be killed in Great Britain by a tiger. While working at the White Lion Inn, where a group of wild animals is on exhibit, she is mauled after bothering the tiger.
- 26–29 November (7–10 December
N.S.) – the
Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic
hurricane ravages southern England and the
English Channel, killing at least 8,000, chiefly at sea.
[2]
- 27 November
-
Royal Navy ships wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands include
- HMS Restoration with loss of all 387 on board.
- HMS Northumberland with loss of all 220 on board.
- HMS Mary with loss of all but one of the 270 onboard including Rear admiral Basil Beaumont.
- HMS Stirling Castle with loss of 206.
- The Eddystone Lighthouse near Plymouth is destroyed in the storm together with its designer Henry Winstanley and 5 others. [3]
-
Royal Navy ships wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands include
- 27 November
- 30 November – Isaac Newton is elected president of the Royal Society in London, a position he will hold until his death in 1727.
- 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 woollen goods from England. [4] This leads to the increasing popularity of Port wine in Britain. [1]
Undated
- The case of Coggs v Bernard is decided in the Court of King's Bench. Concerning the duties of a bailee, it is a landmark case in English contract law and property law.
- Imposter George Psalmanazar arrives in London.
Births
- 17 June – John Wesley, founder of Methodism (died 1791)
- 26 November – Theophilus Cibber, actor and writer (died 1758)
Deaths
- 18 February – Thomas Hyde, orientalist (born 1636)
- 3 March – Robert Hooke, scientist (born 1635) [5]
- 18 April – Denis Granville, exiled nonjuring clergyman (born 1637)
- 20 April – Lancelot Addison, royal chaplain (born 1632) [6]
- 26 May – Samuel Pepys, civil servant and diarist (born 1633) [7]
- 9 September – Charles de Saint-Évremond, exiled French essayist (born 1613)
- 24 October – William Burkitt, biblical expositor, vicar in Dedham (born 1650)
- 28 October – John Wallis, mathematician (born 1616)
References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 290. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700–1750". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Country profile of Portugal". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
- ^ Richard Nichols (1999). Robert Hooke and the Royal Society. Book Guild. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-85776-465-9.
- ^ Joseph Addison (1877). The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison. George Bell & Son. p. 345.
- ^ Samuel Pepys (1926). Private Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Samuel Pepys, 1679–1703: In the Possession of J. Pepys Cockerell. G. Bell and sons, Limited. p. 137.
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| Centuries: | |||||
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| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | Other events of 1703 | ||||
Events from the year 1703 in England.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – the case of Ashby v White is decided in the Court of Queen's Bench. Concerning the right to vote, it is a leading case in the Constitution of England and English tort law, establishing the principle for every wrong there is a remedy.
- 1 March – the Recruiting Act 1703 goes into effect, providing for the forcible enlistment of able-bodied but unemployed men into the Army and Royal Navy in order to fight in Queen Anne's War in North America. The Act expires at the end of February 1704.
- 15 March – the landmark case of Rose v Royal College of Physicians is decided in the Court of Queen's Bench, beginning the end of the monopoly that the Royal College of Physicians has over the practice of medicine.
- 18 May – War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough captures the cities of Cologne, Bonn, Limbourg, Huy and Guelders. [1]
- 29–31 July – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory (at Temple Bar, London) as part of his punishment for the crime of seditious libel after publishing his politically satirical pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters ( 1702) (he is released from Newgate Prison in mid-November).
- 23 October – Hannah Twynnoy, a 33-year-old barmaid in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, becomes the first person to be killed in Great Britain by a tiger. While working at the White Lion Inn, where a group of wild animals is on exhibit, she is mauled after bothering the tiger.
- 26–29 November (7–10 December
N.S.) – the
Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic
hurricane ravages southern England and the
English Channel, killing at least 8,000, chiefly at sea.
[2]
- 27 November
-
Royal Navy ships wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands include
- HMS Restoration with loss of all 387 on board.
- HMS Northumberland with loss of all 220 on board.
- HMS Mary with loss of all but one of the 270 onboard including Rear admiral Basil Beaumont.
- HMS Stirling Castle with loss of 206.
- The Eddystone Lighthouse near Plymouth is destroyed in the storm together with its designer Henry Winstanley and 5 others. [3]
-
Royal Navy ships wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands include
- 27 November
- 30 November – Isaac Newton is elected president of the Royal Society in London, a position he will hold until his death in 1727.
- 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 woollen goods from England. [4] This leads to the increasing popularity of Port wine in Britain. [1]
Undated
- The case of Coggs v Bernard is decided in the Court of King's Bench. Concerning the duties of a bailee, it is a landmark case in English contract law and property law.
- Imposter George Psalmanazar arrives in London.
Births
- 17 June – John Wesley, founder of Methodism (died 1791)
- 26 November – Theophilus Cibber, actor and writer (died 1758)
Deaths
- 18 February – Thomas Hyde, orientalist (born 1636)
- 3 March – Robert Hooke, scientist (born 1635) [5]
- 18 April – Denis Granville, exiled nonjuring clergyman (born 1637)
- 20 April – Lancelot Addison, royal chaplain (born 1632) [6]
- 26 May – Samuel Pepys, civil servant and diarist (born 1633) [7]
- 9 September – Charles de Saint-Évremond, exiled French essayist (born 1613)
- 24 October – William Burkitt, biblical expositor, vicar in Dedham (born 1650)
- 28 October – John Wallis, mathematician (born 1616)
References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 290. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700–1750". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Country profile of Portugal". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
- ^ Richard Nichols (1999). Robert Hooke and the Royal Society. Book Guild. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-85776-465-9.
- ^ Joseph Addison (1877). The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison. George Bell & Son. p. 345.
- ^ Samuel Pepys (1926). Private Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Samuel Pepys, 1679–1703: In the Possession of J. Pepys Cockerell. G. Bell and sons, Limited. p. 137.