About the day » Sunday January 11, 1903Calender converter

• Janssen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Koerts Engels, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Bultje († 1965)
• Aaltje ten Veen, Steenwijk
• Ali Snijders, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Albert Coers, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alina Clementina Catharina van den Abeele, Sint Kruis, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Gijsbertha Leeman, Amsterdam († 1963)
• Abraham de Reus, Rhoon († 1950)
• Maria Jorna, Harlingen

• Aard van de Grifte (78), Oldebroek
• Anthonia van Velthuijsen (69), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Graaf (74), Blokker
• Arie Verhagen (69), Hellevoetsluis
• Angenis Maria Sara Dumolijn (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aard van de Grifte (78), Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Roelofs Kortstra (86), Nijeholtpade
• Anna Maria Görgen (30), Bekond, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Steenhouwer (75), Bolsward
• Aard van de Grifte (78), Oldebroek

• 1897 » Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author († 1955)
• 1899 » Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer († 1991)
• 1901 » Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot († 1988)
• 1902 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer († 1986)
• 1903 » Alan Paton, South African author and activist († 1988)
• 1905 » Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist († 1960)
• 1906 » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD († 2008)
• 1907 » Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher († 1972)
• 1907 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France († 1982)
• 1908 » Lionel Stander, American actor and activist († 1994)

• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)

• 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 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
• June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on January 11, 1903 was between -0.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (40%).