What happened 1703 AD

In January 1703, shortly after graduating from St. Michael's and being turned down for the post of organist at Sangerhausen, Bach was appointed court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst III in Weimar.

The house which forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings.

In August 1703, he became the organist at the New Church, with light duties, a relatively generous salary, and a new organ tuned in a temperament that allowed music written in a wider range of keys to be played.

The German ambassador to Sweden, Johann Kunckel, passed away.

Columban Praelisauer, German music director and composer, was christened in Ktzting, Germany.

In Ak incident, 46 of the 47 surviving Ronin committed seppuku to avenge their master's death in Edo.

The French mathematician, Antoine Deparcieux, was born in Portes, Gard, France.