1903 in Germany

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Events in the year 1903 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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### National level

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* Kaiser – Wilhelm II
* Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow

### State level

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#### Kingdoms

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* King of Bavaria – Otto
* King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
* King of Saxony – George
* King of Württemberg – William II

#### Grand duchies

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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.[1] Shortly after the election, the National-Social Association is dissolved by its leader Friedrich Naumann, and its members join the Free-minded Union.[2]
* 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

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* German company August Storck is founded.

## Births

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* 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)[3]
* 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)[4]
* 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]
* 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

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* 13 April – Moritz Lazarus, German philosopher (born 1824)[6]
* 14 June – Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (born 1826)[7]
* 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)[8]

## References

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1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Detailansicht der Abgeordneten Erna Herchenröder" [Detailed view of MP Erna Herchenröder]. Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
4. ^ Doohm, Stefan (2005). Adorno : a biography. Cambridge, UK Malden, MA: Polity Press. p. 479\. ISBN 9780745631080.
5. ^ Vazzana, Eugene (2001). Silent film necrology. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. p. 289\. ISBN 9780786410590.
6. ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lazarus, Moritz". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 314.
7. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gegenbaur, Carl" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
8. ^ Carter, Jesse Benedict. "Theodor Mommsen," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XCIII, 1904.

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