1903 (Redirected from AD 1903)

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1903 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1903
MCMIII
Ab urbe condita2656
Armenian calendar1352
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Assyrian calendar6653
Baháʼí calendar59–60
Balinese saka calendar1824–1825
Bengali calendar1310
Berber calendar2853
British Regnal yearEdw. 7 – 3 Edw. 7
Buddhist calendar2447
Burmese calendar1265
Byzantine calendar7411–7412
Chinese calendar壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
4600 or 4393
    — to —
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4601 or 4394
Coptic calendar1619–1620
Discordian calendar3069
Ethiopian calendar1895–1896
Hebrew calendar5663–5664
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1959–1960
 - Shaka Samvat1824–1825
 - Kali Yuga5003–5004
Holocene calendar11903
Igbo calendar903–904
Iranian calendar1281–1282
Islamic calendar1320–1321
Japanese calendarMeiji 36
(明治36年)
Javanese calendar1832–1833
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4236
Minguo calendar9 before ROC
民前9年
Nanakshahi calendar435
Thai solar calendar2445–2446
Tibetan calendar阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
2029 or 1648 or 876
    — to —
阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
2030 or 1649 or 877

1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1903rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 903rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1903, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January

January 1: Edward VII becomes Emperor of India.
February 15: first teddy bear.
January 4: Electrocuting an Elephant
January 4: Electrocuting an Elephant

February

  • February 13Venezuelan crisis: After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in 1902 will end.
  • February 23Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

March

April

April 29: The Frank Slide occurs

May

June

June 11: Alexander I

July

July 23: 1903 Ford Model A.

August

September

October

November

December

December 17: The Wright Flyer in the air, the first airplane flight, by Orville Wright.

Date unknown

Births

January

Alan Paton

February

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Giulio Natta

March

Clare Boothe Luce
Lawrence Welk
Adolf Butenandt

April

Eliot Ness

May

Bing Crosby
Bob Hope

June

Lou Gehrig
George Orwell

July

Alec Douglas-Home
Olav V of Norway

August

Habib Bourguiba

September

Theodor W. Adorno
Claudette Colbert

October

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
John Davis Lodge

November

Charles Rigoulot
Konrad Lorenz

December

Una Merkel
John von Neumann

Deaths

January–June

Saint Gemma Galgani
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Paul Gauguin
Apolinario Mabini
King Alexander I of Serbia

July–December

Pope Leo XIII
Lord Salisbury
Theodor Mommsen
Camille Pissarro

Unknown date

Nobel Prizes


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