About the day » Thursday November 5, 1903Calender converter

• Albert Hoeve, Staphorst-Rouveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1905)
• Aaltje Lelij, Den Helder
• Aleida Johanna Willemina Kaak
• Albertha Johanna Weerink, Geesteren († 1911)
• Alfons Leonard de Bisschop, Temse († 1904)
• Andries Baaijens, Heusden († 1904)
• Alfred M. Boice
• Alfredo Allende Gossens
• Adrianus de With, Gouda
• Adriana Tuinhof de Moed, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alexander Marius Duhne, Hellevoetsluis
• Adriana Barmond (74), Pernis
• Anna Cornelia Maertzdorf (2), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend WARNERS (40), Emmen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND
• Albert Peter Krum (46), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abraham ter Weele (68), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• (2) Hendrika Regina Vos (77), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Amerentia Knotter (30), Leiden
• Adrianus Couwenberg (45), Tilburg
• Anna van der Klugt (46), Lisse

• 1900 » Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor († 1993)
• 1900 » Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1972)
• 1900 » Natalie Schafer, American actress († 1991)
• 1901 » Eddie Paynter, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1901 » Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer († 2004)
• 1904 » Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Joel McCrea, American actor († 1990)
• 1905 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet († 1973)
• 1906 » Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer († 1944)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.

The temperature on November 5, 1903 was between 0.9 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%).