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In the year 1903
183 Notable deaths
Ed Delahanty
Major league baseball outfielder.
Born October 30th, 1867 in Cleveland.
Died July 2nd, 1903 at 35 years old in Niagara Falls (falling from height).
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).
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
(1895–1903); daughter of ernst louis, grand duke of hesse, and princess victoria melita of saxe-coburg and gotha.
Born March 11th, 1895 in Darmstadt.
Died November 16th, 1903 at 8 years old in Skierniewice (typhoid fever).
George Gissing
English novelist (1857–1903).
Born May 19th, 1857 in Wakefield.
Died December 28th, 1903 at 46 years old in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (pulmonary emphysema).
Hugo Wolf
Austrian composer (1860–1903).
Born March 13th, 1860 in Slovenj Gradec. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1903 at 43 years old in Vienna (cerebral infarction). [ref]
Eugenio María de Hostos y Boñilla
Puerto rican writer, activist and sociologist (1839–1903).
Born January 11th, 1839 in Mayagüez. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1903 at 64 years old in Santo Domingo.
Draga Mašin
Queen of serbia (1861-1903).
Born September 11th, 1864 in Gornji Milanovac. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1903 at 38 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound). [ref]
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
Austrian noblewoman (1831 - 1903).
Born January 17th, 1831 in Buda.
Died February 14th, 1903 at 72 years old in Albertina (pneumonia).
Gustavus Franklin Swift
American entrepreneur in the meat industry.
Born June 24th, 1839 in Sagamore.
Died March 29th, 1903 at 63 years old in Chicago (internal bleeding).
José Palma
Filipino poet and soldier (1876–1903).
Died February 12th, 1903 at 26 years old in Manila.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
Russian philosopher and life extensionist (1829-1903).
Born June 9th, 1829 in Klyuchi.
Died December 28th, 1903 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Alexander Ramsey
American politician (1815-1903).
Born September 8th, 1815 in Harrisburg.
Died April 22nd, 1903 at 87 years old in Saint Paul.
Hans Gude
Norwegian painter (1825–1903).
Born March 13th, 1825 in Christiania.
Died August 17th, 1903 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Hector MacDonald
British army general from the black isle, scotland (1853–1903).
Born April 13th, 1853 in Rootfield. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1903 at 49 years old in Paris.
Emily Stowe
Canadian physician.
Born May 1st, 1831 in Norwich. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1903 at 71 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Henry Laurens Dawes
American politician (1816–1903).
Born October 30th, 1816 in Cummington. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1903 at 86 years old in Pittsfield.
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Spanish politician (1825–1903).
Born July 21st, 1825 in Torrecilla en Cameros.
Died January 5th, 1903 at 77 years old in Madrid.
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
British politician (1818–1903).
Born February 27th, 1818 in London.
Died September 27th, 1903 at 85 years old in Morayshire.
Prince Komatsu Akihito
Japanese prince.
Born February 11th, 1846 in Kyoto.
Died February 18th, 1903 at 57 years old in Tokyo.
Kusumoto Ine
The first female doctor of western medicine in japan.
Born May 31st, 1827 in Nagasaki, Dejima. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1903 at 76 years old in Azabu. [ref]
Oliver Mowat
Canadian lawyer and politician (1820–1903).
Born July 22nd, 1820 in Kingston.
Died April 19th, 1903 at 82 years old in Toronto.
Rudolf Lipschitz
German mathematician (1832-1903).
Born May 14th, 1832 in Königsberg.
Died October 7th, 1903 at 71 years old in Bonn.
Sabino Arana
Basque nationalist, writer and politician (1865–1903).
Born January 25th, 1865 in Abando.
Died November 25th, 1903 at 38 years old in Sukarrieta (Addison's disease).
Abram Stevens Hewitt
American politician, lawyer and businessman (1822–1903).
Born July 31st, 1822 in Haverstraw.
Died January 18th, 1903 at 80 years old in Manhattan.
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