About the day » Thursday January 1, 1903Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes Hendrik Degens, Rotterdam
• Abraham Gerardus Van Lunsen, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Reinders, Voorst († 1976)
• Adriana Geertruida Hermina Geerdink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arendje Zwiep, Hoogeveen
• Adriana Christina Stolze, 's-Gravenzande
• Albert Louwe Post, Urk
• Aartje BIKKER, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Aaltje Anthonia van Die, Ridderkerk
• Aaltje Anthonia Van DIE, Ridderkerk († 1971)

• Aaltje Kolder (34), Kampen
• Arend Arends (44), Beilen
• Adriana Maria van den Anker (1), IJsselstein
• Andreas Petrus Heugens (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Martina Zegers Jacobs (83), Oss
• Alberic Duran (0), Moorslede
• Anna Tonkens (55), Musselkanaal
• ALICIA NATHALIA BURM (0), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anna Maria Jacobs (83), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Armathine Waller, Selma, Dallas County, Alabama

• 1900 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat († 1986)
• 1900 » Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor († 1990)
• 1902 » Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer († 1977)
• 1902 » Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident († 1945)
• 1904 » Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan († 1982)
• 1905 » Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist († 1981)
• 1906 » Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper († 1931)
• 1909 » Dana Andrews, American actor († 1992)
• 1909 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician († 1959)

• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)

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.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on January 1, 1903 was between 0.9 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%).