Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
Johann Georg Graevius (originally Grava or Greffe; 29 January 1632 – 11 January 1703) was a German classical scholar and critic. He was born in Naumburg, in the Electorate of Saxony.
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- 4Feb
Forty-seven Ronin
In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. - 27May
Peter the Great
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. - 27Nov
Great Storm of 1703
The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.