1903 in Germany
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Events in the year 1903 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria â Otto
- King of Prussia â Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony â George
- King of Württemberg â William II
Grand duchies
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe â George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt â Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen â Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe â Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent)
- Reuss Elder Line â Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line â Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont â Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt â Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick â Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg â Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha â Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen â Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) â Jesko von Puttkamer (8th term)
- Kiaochow (Kiautschou) â Oskar von Truppel
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) â Gustav Adolf von Götzen
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) â Albert Hahl (2nd term)
- German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) â Wilhelm Solf
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) â Theodor Leutwein
- Togoland â Waldemar Horn
Events
- 13 February â Venezuelan crisis. After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, Britain, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela, resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in December 1902 will be lifted, and Venezuela commit 30% of its customs duties to settling claims.
- 16 June â German federal election, 1903: The Centre Party remains the largest party in the Reichstag.[1] Shortly after the election, the National-Social Association is dissolved by its leader Friedrich Naumann, and its members join the Free-minded Union.[2]
- 29 September â Prussia becomes the second jurisdiction to require mandatory driver's licenses for operators of motor vehicles, after New York State in 1901.
Undated
- German company August Storck is founded.
Births
- 7 January â Albrecht Haushofer, German geographer, diplomat and writer (died 1945)
- 18 January
- Berthold Goldschmidt, German composer (died 1996 in the United Kingdom)
- Werner Hinz, German actor (died 1985)
- 10 February â Karl Deichgräber, classical philologist (died 1984)
- 24 February â Franz Burda I, German publisher (died 1986)
- 27 February â Grethe Weiser, German actress (died 1970)
- 6 March
- Erna Herchenröder, German trade unionist and politician (died 1977)[3]
- Franz Wessel, German judge (died 1958)
- 24 March â Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (died 1995)
- 26 April â Alex Möller, German politician (died 1985)
- 27 April â Karl Maron, German politician (died 1975)
- 8 June â Eduard Brücklmeier, German diplomat (died 1944)
- 10 June:
- Robert A. Stemmle, German film director and screenwriter (died 1974)
- Theo Lingen, German actor, screenwriter and film director (died 1978)
- 16 July â Fritz Bauer, German judge (died 1968)
- 22 July:
- Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (died 1985)
- Anton Saefkow, German politician (died 1944)
- 26 July â Kurt Mahler, German mathematician (died 1988)
- 31 July â Emil Hirschfeld, German athlete (died 1968)
- 29 August â Ernst Kreuder, German writer (died 1972)
- 3 August â Rudolf Wolters, German architect (died 1983)
- 11 September:
- Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (died 1969)[4]
- Carl Joseph Leiprecht, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (died 1981)
- 11 October â Hans Söhnker, film actor (died 1981)
- 3 October â Werner Klingler, German film director and actor (died 1972)[5]
- 5 December â Johannes Heesters, German actor (died 2011)
- 26 December â Herbert Albert, German conductor (died 1973)
- Date unknown â Ernst David Bergmann, German-born Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist (died 1975)
Deaths
- 13 April â Moritz Lazarus, German philosopher (born 1824)[6]
- 14 June â Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (born 1826)[7]
- 8 August â Adolf Schiel, German-born Boer army officer (born 1858)
- 4 September â Hermann Zumpe, German conductor (born 1850)
- 1 November â Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist (born 1817)[8]
