About the day » Thursday December 17, 1903Calender converter

• Adrianus Merkus, Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aagje IJFF, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaltje Rozendal, Steenwijk († 1905)
• Albartus Jan Buis, Ochten
• Adrianus Boers, Gilze Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana Neeltje (Adrie) Bravenboer, Kapelle, Zeeland, Zuid-Beveland, Nederland († 1998)
• Aafje Hilletje (Zr. Mijnarda) Boomars, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel († 1989)
• Adrianus Carolus Verhulst, den haag
• Anna van Ginneken, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adrianus van Helden, willemstad (noord brabant)

• Arie Bot (17), Rotterdam
• Andrew Root (84)
• Arend Nicolaas Voogt (2), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Edel, den (57), Gouda
• Albertus Albertusz Koeze (75), Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Andrew Brown (71), Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
• Adriaan de Pagter (39), Middelburg
• Aart Boer (20), Ridderkerk
• Antje Buy (63), Barsingerhorn
• Albertus van Oijen (81), Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1900 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress († 1973)
• 1900 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos († 1998)
• 1903 » Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer († 1987)
• 1903 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1905 » Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator († 1975)
• 1905 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India († 1992)
• 1905 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper († 2002)
• 1906 » Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1906 » Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer († 1998)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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 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.
• 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 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on December 17, 1903 was between 0.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C.