In the year 1903

29 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).

Apolinario Mabini

Filipino statesman, hero, and revolutionary leader (1864-1903).

Born July 22nd, 1864 in Tanauan.

Died May 13th, 1903 at 38 years old in Manila (cholera).

Gemma Galgani

Italian saint (1878-1903).

Born March 12th, 1878 in Capannori.

Died April 11th, 1903 at 25 years old in Lucca (tuberculosis).

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 (ballistic trauma).

Otto Weininger

Austrian philosopher and writer.

Born April 3rd, 1880 in Vienna. [ref]

Died October 4th, 1903 at 23 years old in Vienna (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Gotse Delchev

Macedonian bulgarian revolutionary.

Born February 4th, 1872 in Kilkis.

Died May 4th, 1903 at 31 years old in Banitsa. [ref]

George Chapman

Polish serial killer (1865–1903).

Born December 14th, 1865 in Poland.

Died April 7th, 1903 at 37 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (hanging to death).

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).

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

Daughter of ernst-ludwig, last grand duke of hesse and by rhine, and princess victoria melita of saxe-coburg-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 November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield.

Died December 28th, 1903 at 46 years old in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (pulmonary emphysema).

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