In the year 1903
183 Notable deaths
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman.
Born May 1st, 1852 in Princeton.
Died August 1st, 1903 at 51 years old in Terry (pneumonia).
Paul Gauguin
French painter and printmaker (1848–1903).
Born June 7th, 1848 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1903 at 54 years old in Atuona (syphilis).
Alois Hitler
Austrian civil servant; father of adolf hitler (1837-1903).
Born June 7th, 1837 in Strones. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1903 at 65 years old in Linz, Leonding. [ref]
Herbert Spencer
English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903).
Born April 28th, 1820 in Derby.
Died December 8th, 1903 at 83 years old in Brighton.
Olive Oatman
American living in mormon, tolkepaya, and mohave societies after childhood kidnapping.
Born September 7th, 1837 in La Harpe.
Died March 20th, 1903 at 65 years old in Sherman (myocardial infarction).
Camille Pissarro
Danish-french painter (1830-1903).
Born July 10th, 1830 in Charlotte Amalie.
Died November 13th, 1903 at 73 years old in Paris (sepsis).
Frederick Law Olmsted
American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903).
Born April 26th, 1822 in Hartford. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1903 at 81 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Apolinario Mabini
Prime minister of the philippines in 1899.
Born July 22nd, 1864 in Tanauan.
Died May 13th, 1903 at 38 years old in Manila (cholera).
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
British politician and prime minister (1830-1903).
Born February 3rd, 1830 in Hatfield.
Died August 22nd, 1903 at 73 years old in Hatfield.
Tom Horn
American outlaw.
Born November 21st, 1861 in Scotland County.
Died November 20th, 1903 at 41 years old in Cheyenne (hanging to death).
Roy Bean
American judge (1825–1903).
Born March 10th, 1825 in Mason County.
Died March 19th, 1903 at 78 years old in Langtry. [ref]
James Glaisher
British meteorologist and aeronaut (1809-1903).
Born April 7th, 1809 in London.
Died February 7th, 1903 at 93 years old in London.
William Ernest Henley
English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903).
Born August 23rd, 1849 in Gloucester.
Died July 11th, 1903 at 53 years old in Woking (tuberculosis).
Josiah Willard Gibbs
American scientist (1839–1903).
Born February 11th, 1839 in New Haven.
Died April 28th, 1903 at 64 years old in New Haven.
Gemma Galgani
Italian saint (1878-1903).
Born March 12th, 1878 in Capannori.
Died April 11th, 1903 at 25 years old in Lucca (tuberculosis).
Emily Warren Roebling
Us civil engineer, helped complete the brooklyn bridge (1843-1903).
Born September 23rd, 1843 in Cold Spring. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1903 at 59 years old in Trenton (stomach cancer). [ref]
James McNeill Whistler
American painter (1834-1903).
Born July 10th, 1834 in Lowell.
Died July 17th, 1903 at 69 years old in London, Chelsea.
Alexander I of Serbia
King of serbia 1889-1903.
Born August 14th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 11th, 1903 at 26 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
Otto Weininger
Austrian philosopher and writer (1880-1903).
Born April 3rd, 1880 in Vienna.
Died October 4th, 1903 at 23 years old in Vienna (gunshot wound).
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903).
Born August 13th, 1819 in Skreen.
Died February 1st, 1903 at 83 years old in Cambridge.
Richard Jordan Gatling
American firearm designer (1818–1903).
Born September 12th, 1818 in Hertford County.
Died February 26th, 1903 at 84 years old in New York City.
Theodor Mommsen
German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903).
Born November 30th, 1817 in Garding.
Died November 1st, 1903 at 85 years old in Charlottenburg.
Gotse Delchev
Macedonian bulgarian revolutionary (1872–1903).
Born February 4th, 1872 in Kilkis.
Died May 4th, 1903 at 31 years old in Karyes (gunshot wound).
George Chapman
Polish serial killer (1865–1903).
Born December 14th, 1865 in Congress Poland.
Died April 7th, 1903 at 37 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (hanging to death).
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson