Events in the year 1903 in Germany.
Incumbents National level Emperor – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow
State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – Wilhelm II King of Saxony – George King of Württemberg – William II
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 13 February – 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.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 Shortly after the election, the National-Social Association is dissolved by its leader Friedrich Naumann, and its members join the Free-minded Union.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. 29 September – 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 – 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 – Karl Deichgräber, classical philologist (died 1984) 24 February – Franz Burda I, German publisher (died 1986) 27 February – Grethe Weiser, German actress (died 1970) 6 March Erna Herchenröder, German trade unionist and politician (died 1977) Franz Wessel, German judge (died 1958) 24 March – Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (died 1995) 26 April – Alex Möller, German politician (died 1985) 27 April – Karl Maron, German politician (died 1975) 8 June – 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 – Fritz Bauer, German judge (died 1968) 22 July: Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (died 1985) Anton Saefkow, German politician (died 1944) 26 July – Kurt Mahler, German mathematician (died 1988) 31 July – Emil Hirschfeld, German athlete (died 1968) 29 August – Ernst Kreuder, German writer (died 1972) 3 August – Rudolf Wolters, German architect (died 1983) 11 September: Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (died 1969) Carl Joseph Leiprecht, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (died 1981) 11 October – Hans Söhnker, film actor (died 1981) 3 October – Werner Klingler, German film director and actor (died 1972) 5 December – Johannes Heesters, German actor (died 2011) 26 December – Herbert Albert, German conductor (died 1973) Date unknown – Ernst David Bergmann, German-born Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist (died 1975)
Deaths 13 April – Moritz Lazarus, German philosopher (born 1824) 14 June – Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (born 1826) 8 August – Adolf Schiel, German-born Boer army officer (born 1858) 4 September – Hermann Zumpe, German conductor (born 1850) 1 November – Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist (born 1817)Carter, Jesse Benedict. "Theodor Mommsen," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XCIII, 1904.
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