1703 in England - Events

Events

  • 18 May - War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough captures the cities of Cologne, Bonn, Limbourg, Huy and Guelders.
  • 29 July–31 July - Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel, after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet.
  • 24 November to 2 December - the Great Storm ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing thousands, chiefly at sea.
    • 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 Stirling Castle with loss of 206.
        • HMS Mary with loss of all but one of the 270 onboard including Rear-admiral Beaumont.
      • The Eddystone Lighthouse near Plymouth is destroyed in the storm together with its designer Henry Winstanley.
  • 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. This leads to the increasing popularity of Port wine in Britain.

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