About the day » Tuesday January 13, 1903Calender converter

• Adriana Forman, Ridderkerk
• Albertus Zomer († 1962)
• Consent, Rotterdam († 1903)
• Anna Geertruida van der Heide, Burum († 1988)
• Adrianus Johannes Korst, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Alberie Antonius Dewaelsche, Langemark, 8920, Poelkapelle, West Vlaanderen († 1903)
• Alexander I. Holland († 1988)
• Alice Marie Depuydt, Dixmude
• Aaltje Griffioen, Diemen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Marianne Everdine Jansen, Tjepoe, Blora, Ned. Indie

• Adrianus Verbruggen (68), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Magaretha Elisabeth Mewe (5), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus (Janus) Hulsbosch (Hulsebos) (75), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adam David Doering (35), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Albertus Hijman (81), Utrecht
• Adriaan Willem Aarnoutse (67), Vlissingen
• Albertje Falkenburg (4), Zwolle
• Adrianus Hulsebosch (76), Zandvoort
• Adrianus Hulsebos (76), Zandvoort
• Bruintjes (0), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland

• 1900 » Gertrude Mary Cox, American mathematician († 1978)
• 1900 » Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1967)
• 1901 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian († 1991)
• 1901 » Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian († 1978)
• 1902 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle († 1985)
• 1904 » Dick Rowley, Irish footballer, centre forward († 1984)
• 1904 » Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer († 1992)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)
• 1905 » Jack London, English sprinter and pianist († 1966)
• 1905 » Kay Francis, American actress († 1968)

• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913–1914 (b. 1850)
• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)

• 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.
• June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

The temperature on January 13, 1903 was between -5.5 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -4.2 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (76%).