In history, year 1903 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1903.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 04 january | Topsy, a domesticated elephant with the Forepaugh Circus at Luna Park, Coney Island, was executed by electrocution after it wasdeemed a threat to people, an event captured on film by inventor Thomas Edison. |
| 23 february | The Cuban–American Treaty was finalized, allowing the UnitedStates to lease Guantánamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity for the purposesof operating coaling and naval stations. |
| 29 april | A 30 million cubic-metre landslide buried the town of Frank, Northwest Territories, and killed at least 70 of the town's residents, making it the deadliest landslide in Canadian history. |
| 28 may | Shantanu L. Kirloskar was born. Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman of Maharashtrian Karade Brahmin family. He was instrumental behind the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group. |
| 16 june | The Ford Motor Company was incorporated. The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford. Henry Ford was 39 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company, which would go on to become one of the world's largest and most profitable companies, as well as being one to survive the Great Depression. |
| 04 july | Dorothy Levitt was became the first English woman to take part in a 'motor race'. Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt was the first British woman to become a racing driver. The world's first Water Speed Record and the Women's World Land Speed Record were held by her. She was also an author. She was a leader of female independence and female motoring. She taught Queen Alexandra and the Royal Princesses to drive. |
| 09 july | Joseph Stalin was exiled to Siberia. Joseph Stalin later became the leader of Soviet Union. He was a socialist. He was also among the Bolshevik leaders during the revolution. The Stalin was one of the major leaders who helped in spreading socialism. |
| 19 july | French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France. |
| 02 august | The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization started theIlinden Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia. |
| 28 august | The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, was launched. |
| 24 september | Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia,succeeding Edmund Barton who left office to become a founding justice ofthe High Court of Australia. |
| 02 october | The first modern World Series, the annual championship seriesof Major League Baseball, opened. |
| 05 october | Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia,while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first PuisneJustices of the High Court of Australia. |
| 17 december | In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright aboard the Wright Flyer conducted the first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft. |
| 30 december | In the deadliest single-building fire in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire claimed 602 lives in Chicago. |
| 16 June | Roald Amundsen of Norway discovered a sea route connecting the islands of Canada to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This route is called the Northwest Passage. |
| 20 July | Ford Motor Company launched its first car in the market. |
| 23 July | Ford Motor Company sold its first car. |
| 22 September | The American citizen Italo Marchioni was granted a patent for an ice cream cone. |
| 03 November | Panama gained independence from Colombia. |
| 24 November | Clyde Coleman patented automobile electric starter. |
| 17 August | Joseph Pulitzer donated one million dollars to Columbia University. Pulitzer Prize was instituted in his name. |
| 10 December | Pierre Curie and Marie Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. |
| 17 December | The Wright brothers first flew an aircraft called \ The Flyer. This 12-second flight revolutionized the world. |
| 30 January | Lord Curzon inaugurated the Imperial Library at Metcalf Hall, Kolkata (then Kolkata). |
| 15 February | For the first time today, Morris Mikhtom introduced two soft toys made by himself in his shop. Those named Teddy Bear. |
| 03 April | Social reformer and freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was born in Mangalore district of Karnataka. |
| 29 April | Landslides in the Northwest Territory of Canada killed 70 people. |
| 01 January | Edward VII was proclaimed Emperor of India. |
| 15 February | Morris and Rose Mitchum introduced the first teddy bear in the United States. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 04 February | Alexander Imich / Chemist / United States of America |
| 04 March | William C. Boyd / Chemist / United States of America |
| 05 December | Johannes Heesters / Singer / Germany |
| 07 November | Dean Jagger / Actor / United States of America |
| 10 February | Matthias Sindelar / Footballer / Austria |
| 11 May | Charlie Gehringer / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 14 June | Rose Rand / Philosopher / United States of America |
| 14 December | Walter Rangeley / Sprinter / United Kingdom |
| 15 April | John Williams / Actor / United States of America |
| 16 April | Paul Waner / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 16 July | Fritz Bauer / Lawyer / Germany |
| 17 April | Nicolas Nabokov / Educator / United States of America |
| 17 April | Gregor Piatigorsky / Educator / United States of America |
| 18 June | Jeanette MacDonald / Actress / United States of America |
| 24 October | Melvin Purvis / Agent / United States of America |
| 25 March | Binnie Barnes / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 25 September | Mark Rothko / Painter / United States of America |
| 27 January | John Eccles / Academic / Australia |
| 28 October | John Chamberlain / Journalist / United States of America |
| 29 May | Bob Hope / Actor / United States of America |
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 30 August | Bhagwati Charan Verma / Writer / India |
| 19 April | Razia Sultan / King / India |
| 15 July | K. Kamaraj / Politician / India |
| 15 July | K. Kamaraj / Politician / India |
| 30 August | Bhagwati Charan Verma / Author / India |
| 01 March | Paresh Chandra Bhattacharya / NA / India |
| 15 July | Kumarasami Kamaraj / Politician / India |
| 25 February | Kailas Nath Wanchoo / Lawyer / India |
| 06 June | Bakht Singh / Teacher / India |
| 28 May | S. L. Kirloskar / Business Man / India |
| 03 December | Yashpal / Writer / India |
| 11 May | Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh / Soldier / India |