About the day » Wednesday August 12, 1903Calender converter

• Anna Suzanna Beijer, Amsterdam
• Anna Nicolai, Wanswerd († 1905)
• Albert Buitenwerf, Roodeschool (Uithuizermeeden)
• Anna Meints Huisman, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Arnoldus, Sellingen (gem. Westerwolde) († 1965)
• Aaltje Van Den Brink, Barneveld-Kallenbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacob Peeters, Brink en Orden († 1968)
• Albert L Bauman, Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Susanna Beijer, Amsterdam
• Adriaan J M Wanders, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)

• Alida KNOOP
• Antje JAGER (0), Yde (gem. Vries)
• Akke Kornelis Aarts (22), ongenummerd, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Zee (18), Chicago-Illinois (USA)
• Anna Ossebaar (16), Amsterdam
• Antje Jager (0), Yde, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andre Marie Goormachtigh (0), Oostkamp
• Aaltjen Teerink (62), Toldijk
• Anna Maria Poel (72), Veerle, België
• Aaltje van Bokhorst (2), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1899 » Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer († 1963)
• 1902 » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia († 1980)
• 1904 » Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia († 1918)
• 1904 » Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer († 1997)
• 1904 » Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter († 2009)
• 1906 » Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach († 1985)
• 1906 » Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer († 1975)
• 1907 » Gladys Bentley, American blues singer († 1960)
• 1907 » Joe Besser, American actor († 1988)

• 1891 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)

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.
• April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• 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 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

The temperature on August 12, 1903 was between 11.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).