26th » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
27th » The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1703
25th » Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
26th » Theophilus Cibber, English actor and playwright (d. 1758)
Famous Deaths for November 1703
27th » Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
30th » Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)