WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1703
Find out what all happened January to October 1703

In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. (4. February 1703)

Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. (27. May 1703)

Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers. (31. July 1703)

The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master. (30. January 1703)

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