Editing 1703 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 21]] &ndash; The ''Company of Quenching of Fire'' (i.e., a [[fire brigade]]) is founded in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; Portugal joins the [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|Grand Alliance]].
* [[May 27]] (May 16 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The city of [[Saint Petersburg]],  Russia is founded, following [[Peter the Great]]'s reconquest of [[Ingria]] from [[Sweden]] during the [[Great Northern War]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Rákóczi's War of Independence]]: Hungarians rebel under Prince [[Francis II Rákóczi]].
* [[June 19]] &ndash; Bavarian troops, who during the so-called [[Bavarian Rummel]] have invaded [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]], besiege [[Kufstein]]. Fires break out on the outskirts that engulf the town, destroy it and reach the powder store of the supposedly impregnable [[Kufstein Fortress|fortress]]. The enormous gunpowder supplies explode and Kufstein has to surrender on [[June 20]]. This same day the Tyrolese surrender in [[Wörgl]]; two days later [[Rattenberg (Tirol)|Rattenberg]] is captured and [[Innsbruck]] is cleared without a fight on [[June 25]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ekeren]] (War of the Spanish Succession): The French surround a smaller Dutch force, which however breaks out and retires to safety.
* [[June]] &ndash; The completed [[1703 Icelandic census]] is presented in the [[Althing]], the first complete [[census]] of any country.