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In the year 1903
183 Notable deaths
Robert Planquette
French composer of songs and operettas (1848–1903).
Born July 31st, 1848 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1903 at 54 years old in boulevard Pereire. [ref]
José Jiménez Aranda
Spanish painter (1837-1903).
Born February 7th, 1837 in Seville.
Died May 6th, 1903 at 66 years old in Seville.
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
French chemist (1852–1903).
Born January 1st, 1852 in Paris.
Died March 5th, 1903 at 51 years old in Paris.
Matija Ban
Serbian writer (1818–1903).
Born December 16th, 1818 in Petrovo Selo. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1903 at 84 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Friedrich Grützmacher
German musician (1832-1903).
Born March 1st, 1832 in Dessau.
Died February 23rd, 1903 at 70 years old in Dresden.
Vilhelm Kyhn
Danish artist (1819-1903).
Born March 30th, 1819 in Copenhagen.
Died May 11th, 1903 at 84 years old in Frederiksberg.
James Wimshurst
English inventor, engineer and shipwright.
Born April 13th, 1832 in Poplar.
Died January 3rd, 1903 at 70 years old in Clapham.
Henri Blowitz
Czech publicist (1825–1903).
Born December 28th, 1825 in Blovice.
Died January 18th, 1903 at 77 years old in Paris.
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël
Dutch painter and draftsman (1828-1903).
Born July 5th, 1828 in Amsterdam.
Died August 23rd, 1903 at 75 years old in Scheveningen.
Sibyl Sanderson
American operatic soprano (1864-1903).
Born December 7th, 1864 in Sacramento.
Died May 16th, 1903 at 38 years old in Paris (pneumonia).
Bogdan Willewalde
Russian painter (1819–1903).
Born January 12th, 1819 in Pavlovsk.
Died March 24th, 1903 at 84 years old in Dresden.
Wilson S. Bissell
American politician (1847–1903).
Born December 31st, 1847 in Rome.
Died November 6th, 1903 at 55 years old in Buffalo.
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch
Dutch painter of the hague school (1824-1903).
Born June 19th, 1824 in The Hague. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1903 at 78 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Ivan Durnovo
Russian politician (1834-1903).
Born March 13th, 1834 in Kaluga Governorate.
Died June 23rd, 1903 at 69 years old in Berlin.
Andrew Ainslie Common
British astronomer (1841–1903).
Born August 7th, 1841 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died June 2nd, 1903 at 61 years old in Ealing. [ref]
Maurice Rollinat
French poet (1846–1903).
Born December 29th, 1846 in Châteauroux.
Died October 26th, 1903 at 56 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Friedrich Kaulbach
German painter (1822-1903).
Born July 8th, 1822 in Bad Arolsen.
Died September 5th, 1903 at 81 years old in Hanover.
Geltrude Comensoli
Italian saint (1847-1903).
Born January 18th, 1847 in Bienno.
Died February 18th, 1903 at 56 years old in Bergamo.
Albert Schäffle
German economist, 1871 austrian minister of trade (1831–1903).
Born February 24th, 1831 in Nürtingen.
Died December 25th, 1903 at 72 years old in Stuttgart.
Robert Henry Thurston
American mechanical engineer (1839-1903).
Born October 25th, 1839 in Providence.
Died October 25th, 1903 at 64 years old in Ithaca.
Antonio Rotta
Italian painter (1828-1903).
Born February 28th, 1828 in Gorizia. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1903 at 75 years old in Venice. [ref]
Carl Anton Bjerknes
Norwegian mathematician and physicist (*1825 – †1903).
Born October 24th, 1825 in Christiania.
Died March 20th, 1903 at 77 years old in Christiania.
Nicolaas Beets
Dutch theologian, professor, writer and poet, also known as hildebrand (1814-1903).
Born September 13th, 1814 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1903 at 88 years old in Utrecht (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Carlos Ezeta
President of el salvador (1852-1903).
Born June 14th, 1852 in San Salvador.
Died March 21st, 1903 at 50 years old in Mazatlán.
Mary Elizabeth Banning
American mycologist (1822-1903).
Born April 6th, 1822 in Talbot County. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1903 at 80 years old [ref]
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