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Historical Event(s)
– The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
– In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death.
– Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
– Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
– The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
– The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
– Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Who Were Born On ?
– Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
– Queen Marie Leszczyńska, Polish-born wife of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
– Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)
– John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
– Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
– François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
– Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
– Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
– Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
– Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)