1903 in Germany
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Events in the year 1903 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony — George of Saxony
- King of Württemberg — William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse — Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin — Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz — Frederick William
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg — Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach — William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe — George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen — Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe — Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent)
- Reuss Elder Line — Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line — Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont — Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt — Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick — Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg — Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen — Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) — Jesko von Puttkamer (8th term)
- Kiaochow (Kiautschou) — Oskar von Truppel
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Gustav Adolf von Götzen
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Albert Hahl (2nd term)
- German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) — Wilhelm Solf
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Theodor Leutwein
- Togoland — Waldemar Horn
Events
- February 13 – 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 - 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]
- Date unknown: German company August Storck was founded.
Births
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- January 7 - Albrecht Haushofer, German geographer, diplomat and writer (died 1945)
- January 18 - Werner Hinz, German actor (died 1985)
- February 10 — Karl Deichgräber, classical philologist (died 1984)
- February 24 — Franz Burda I - German publisher (died 1986)
- March 6 - Franz Wessel, German judge (died 1958)
- March 24 — Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (died 1995)
- April 26 - Alex Möller, German politician (died 1985)
- April 27 - Karl Maron, German politician (died 1975)
- June 8 - Eduard Brücklmeier, German diplomat (died 1944)
- June 10 - Robert A. Stemmle, German film director and screenwriter (died 1974)
- June 10 - Theo Lingen, German actor, screenwriter and film director (died 1978)
- July 16 - Fritz Bauer, German judge (died 1968)
- July 22 - Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (died 1985)
- July 22 - Anton Saefkow, German politician (died 1944)
- July 26 - Kurt Mahler, German mathematician (died 1988)
- July 31 - Emil Hirschfeld, German athlete (died 1968)
- August 29 - Ernst Kreuder, German writer (died 1972)
- August 3 - Rudolf Wolters, German architect (died 1983)
- September 11 — Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (died 1969)
- September 11 - Carl Joseph Leiprecht, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (died 1981)
- 11 October - Hans Söhnker, film actor (died 1981)
- 23 October — Werner Klingler, German film director and actor (died 1972)
- December 5 — Johannes Heesters, German actor (died 2011)
- December 26 - Herbert Albert, German conductor (died 1973)
- Date unknown — Ernst David Bergmann, German-born Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist (died 1975)
Deaths
- June 14 - Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (born 1826)
- September 4 - Hermann Zumpe, German conductor (born 1850)
- November 1 - Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist (born 1817)
References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Kurlander, Eric (2007). The Landscapes of Liberalism: Particularism and Progressive Politics in Two Borderland Regions. Localism, Landscape, and the Ambiguities of Place: German-speaking Central Europe, 1860–1930. University of Toronto Press. p. 125.
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