Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1703
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Literature
- Joseph Addison ends his tour of the Continent and returns to England
- Joseph Addison, Letter to Halifax
- Daniel Defoe is imprisoned, pilloried, and released; writes Hymn to
the Pillory
- Hearne, Reliquiae Bodleianae
- Hickes, Thesaurus
- William Temple, Letters, ed. Jonathan Swift, vol. 3
- Ned Ward, The London Spy, in eighteen parts
Theatre
- Burnaby, Love Betrayed
- Susanna Centlivre, Love's Contrivance
- Charles Gildon, The Patriot
- Nicholas Rowe, Fair Penitent
- Richard Steele, Lying Lover
- John Vanbrugh, The Country House
- John Vanbrugh designs the Queen's Theater, Haymarket
Art
Music
- Georg Friedrich Händel (or Handel) appointed violinist
and harpsichordist to the Hamburg opera
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- The first Occasional Conformity Bill is defeated in the House
of Lords
- Savoy joins the Allies
- England begins its campain in Flanders
- Scottish general elections
- Boyer, History of the Reign of Queen Anne (finished 1720)
- Daniel Defoe, Peace without Union
- White Kennett, The Complete History of England
- England and Portugal sign the Methuen Treaty
- Tsar Peter the Great of Russia founds St Petersburg
Philosophy & Theology
- Whichcote, Moral and Religious Aphorisms (posthumous)
Milestones
- Birth of Henry Brooke
- Birth of Robert Dodsley
- Birth of Jonathan Edwards
- Death of Samuel Pepys
- Death of St. Evremond
- Birth of John Wesley
- Birth of Gilbert West
Miscellaneous
- 27 November: The Great Storm
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