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Died on Monday January 5, 1903
- Lambregts (66)
- Albert Ernst (83)
- Agnes Antonia Bleeker (49), Zwolle
- Albertus Meijer (73), Zwolle
- Adrianus Clemens (0), Baarle-Nassau
- Albert Barendsen (63), Hattem
- Anna Adriana Cornelia Sixma barones van Heemstra (49), Apeldoorn (Gld) NL
- Alonzo MARSHALL (83), Bridgeville, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
- Adriana Hester de KONING (58), Hurwenen, Gelderland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 5, 1903 at Delpher
Born on January 5
- 1897 » Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author († 1945)
- 1900 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter († 1955)
- 1902 » Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist († 1989)
- 1902 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author († 1989)
- 1903 » Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator († 1957)
- 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
- 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)
- 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)
- 1907 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete († 1969)
- 1908 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor († 1963)
Died on January 5
- 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
- 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
- 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
- 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
- 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
- 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
- 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
- 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
- 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
- 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
Names that were popular for boys in 1903
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1903
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Christina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1903
- 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 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
- July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
- 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 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
- October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
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