About the day » Sunday January 4, 1903Calender converter

• Anka Anna van der Hoeven, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adrianus Antonius Kuijper, Schoten (B) († 1969)
• Abraham Klijnsmit, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1903)
• Adèle Barbaud, Fresselines, 23087, France
• Alexander Constant Hennen, Lillo († 1952)
• Voeten, Rotterdam
• Andries Verduijn, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Anthonie van den Heuvel, Veenendaal, Nederland († 1976)
• Anthonie van den Heuvel, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL († 1976)
• Anna Maria Geelen, Haarzuilens († 1983)

• Arnold Nicolaas Justin Maria Baron van Brienen (63), op zee
• Arnoud Nicolaas Justinus Maria baron van Brienen van de Groote Lindt (63), Op de Middellandse Zee
• Arie AMBAGTSHEER (82)
• Antje van Groning (1), Franeker
• Albarta Wilhelmina Koenders (72), Doesburg
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmus (1), Maastricht
• Antje Kanngeter (76), Akelsbarg, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen
• Adrianus More (3), Rotterdam
• Arie Ambachtsheer (82)
• Aldegondis Schildermans (76), Overpelt

• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)
• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)
• 1901 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist († 1989)
• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)

• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
• January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

The temperature on January 4, 1903 was between 4.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C.