Necrology 1703
This is a list of famous people who died in 1703 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th January | Charlotte Marie of Saxony-Jena | Duchess of Saxe-Weimar | 33 | |
| January 8th | Gottfried von Jena | Prussian politician and diplomat | 78 | |
| January 9th | Ursula Micaela Morata | Spanish nun, founder of the monastery in Alicante (Spain) | 74 | |
| 11th January | Johann Georg Graevius | German classical philologist and text critic | 70 | |
| January 14th | Georg Albrecht of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Founder of a baronial von Kotzau family | 36 | |
| January 16 | Erik Dahlberg | Swedish field marshal | 77 | |
| January 18th | Johann Friedrich Falckner | Saxon lawyer and mayor of Leipzig | 60 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 11th | Dionysius of Luxembourg | Capuchin and religious folk writer | ||
| February 11th | Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone | Dutch soldier | 58 | |
| February 18 | Thomas Hyde | English orientalist and linguist | 66 | |
| February 18 | Jelena Zrinski | Croatian nobles from the Zrinski family | ||
| February 26th | Christian Hirschmentzl | Monk and writer | 65 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th March | Friedemann Bechmann | German Lutheran theologian | 74 | |
| March 12th | Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford | English nobleman | 76 | |
| the 14th of March | Robert Hooke | English polymath | 67 | |
| March, 20th | Johannes Kunckel | German glassmaker and inventor of gold ruby glass | ||
| 25th March | Brostrup Jacobsen from Schört | Kurbrandenburg general sergeant and commander of the artillery, Danish and Hesse-Kassel lieutenant general and commander of Kassel | ||
| 25th March | Carl Gustav von Löwenhaupt | General War Commissioner of Electoral Saxony , Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor and General of the Infantry | 40 | |
| 28th March | Johann Brunetti | Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia and Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau | ||
| 28th March | Hans Christian Eiffler | Mayor of Altona | ||
| March 29 | Georg Friedrich II. | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 24 | |
| March 31 | Johann Christoph Bach I | German composer, son of Heinrich Bach |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. April | Philipp Florinus of Pfalz-Sulzbach | imperial field marshal | 73 | |
| 9th April | Johann Balthasar Moscherosch | German Romance scholar and librarian | 55 | |
| 11 April | Erenbert Schrevogl | Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Kremsmünster | 68 | |
| 12. April | Heinrich Diedrich Kerkring | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| April 19th | Bernhard von Sanden the Elder | German Lutheran theologian | 66 | |
| April 23 | Otto Wilhelm von Fersen | Swedish field marshal |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Eglon van der Neer | Dutch Baroque painter | ||
| May 3rd | Samuel Oppenheimer | Moneylender, army supplier, court administrator and diplomat in the Holy Roman Empire | 72 | |
| May 9 | François Blondel | Spa and spa doctor | ||
| May 16 | Charles Perrault | French author | 75 | |
| May 18 | Moritz Hermann of Limburg-Styrum | German nobleman | 38 | |
| May 21 | Raimund Faltz | Medalist, court medalist, wax boss, ivory carver and miniature painter | 44 | |
| 23. May | Peter Werenfels | Swiss reformed theologian | 76 | |
| May 26 | Samuel Pepys | Official in the English Treasury, author of a diary | 70 | |
| May | Gottfried Ulrich de la Margelle | Auxiliary Bishop in Cologne | 67 | |
| May | Anna cousin | German preacher and mystic | 73 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of June | Wolfgang Eder | Augustinian hermit and spiritual writer | 61 | |
| June 4th | Philis de La Charce | French war heroine in the Dauphiné during the Palatine War of Succession | 58 | |
| June 4th | Luise Katharina von Rautter | Prussian entrepreneur and large landowner | 53 | |
| 14th June | Jean Hérault de Gourville | French financier and adventurer | 77 | |
| June 26th | Giovanni Pietro Pinamonti | Italian religious and author | 70 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 11th | Andreas Hedio | German philosopher and librarian | 62 | |
| July 14th | Caspar Christian Vogt from Elspe | German historian and Drost | ||
| 20th of July | Statz Friedrich von Fullen | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Privy Council of War | 65 | |
| July 26th | Gérard Audran | French engraver | 62 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Sibylle Hedwig of Saxony-Lauenburg | Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg | 78 | |
| 6th of August | Johann Christoph von Goetze | royal Prussian lieutenant general, governor of the fortresses Küstrin, Driesen and Oderberg | ||
| August 14th | Grigore Pintea | Romanian Hajduk | ||
| August 16 | Andrij Abasyn | Cossack general | ||
| 26th of August | Adam II Batthyány | Hungarian general and nobleman | 40 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6th | Andreas Austen | German Reformed theologian, Graecist and Orientalist | 44 | |
| September 14th | Gilles Jullien | French organist and composer | ||
| September 22 | Vincenzo Viviani | Mathematician and physicist | 81 | |
| September 29th | Charles de Saint-Évremond | French military and writer | 90 | |
| 30. September | Caspar Adelmann | German Jesuit scholar and academic teacher | ||
| September | Marie Claveau | French comedian |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Alessandro Melani | Italian Baroque composer | 64 | |
| 8th October | Tomás Marín González de Poveda | Spanish officer, colonial administrator and governor of Chile | 53 | |
| 9th October | Eberhard Friedrich Taube from Odenkat | Swedish nobleman and admiral | ||
| October 14th | Thomas Kingo | Danish bishop and poet of hymns, the so-called Kingopsalms | 68 | |
| October 22nd | Ferdinand | Prince von Schwarzenberg, German-Bohemian nobleman | 51 | |
| 23rd October | Hannah Twynnoy | Barmaid and tiger sacrifice | ||
| October 24th | Karl Gustav of Baden-Durlach | German general, Margrave of Baden-Durlach | 55 | |
| October 31 | Johann Georg Brand | Protestant theologian and professor for mathematics and metaphysics at the University of Marburg | 58 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Eberhard Anckelmann | Protestant theologian, linguist and orientalist | 62 | |
| November 8th | John Wallis | English mathematician | 86 | |
| November 11th | Ivan Antun Zrinski | Croatian nobleman | ||
| November 12th | Abraham Kronhjort | Swedish baron and general | 69 | |
| 15th of November | Philip of Hessen-Homburg | Hessen-Kassel cavalry general | 27 | |
| November 19th | Man in the iron mask | State prisoner of Louis XIV. | ||
| November 26th | Richard Kidder | British theologian and Bishop of Bath and Wells | ||
| 30th of November | Laurentius Gutzmer | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and from 1701 cathedral provost at Ratzeburg Cathedral | 67 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th of December | Wolfgang Adam Gropp | German businessman and politician | 73 | |
| 15th December | David Rebentrost | German Evangelical Lutheran pastor, alternative practitioner and plant breeder | 89 | |
| December 22 | Vitus gloves | sculptor | ||
| December 26th | Johann Christoph Sturm | German astronomer and mathematician | 68 | |
| December 27th | Andreas Gunesch | Transylvanian evangelical clergyman and historian | ||
| December 29th | Bartholomew Vanhomrigh | Dutch-Irish merchant and Lord Mayor of Dublin |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| François Barrême | French mathematician | |||
| Gottfried Hermann von Beichlingen | Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor and President of the Senior Consistory and Senior Court Judge in Leipzig | |||
| Daniel Denton | English settler and author | |||
| Benjamin Fletcher | Governor of the English colony of New York | |||
| Nicolas de Grigny | French organist and composer | |||
| Andrés Lorente | Spanish music theorist, organist and composer | |||
| Johann Jacob Lion | German court music director and organist | |||
| Demjan Mnohohrischnyj | Ataman of the Cossacks in the left bank of Ukraine | |||
| Charles de l'Ostange | Elector of Brandenburg colonel and chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 | |||
| Phetracha | King of Ayutthaya in Siam | |||
| Conrad Philipp von Romberg | German nobleman and civil servant | |||
| Jan Siberechts | Flemish landscape painter |