1903
common year starting on Thursday
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1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1903rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 903rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1903, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1900 1901 1902 – 1903 – 1904 1905 1906 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1903 MCMIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2656 |
| Armenian calendar | 1352 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6653 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 59–60 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1824–1825 |
| Bengali calendar | 1310 |
| Berber calendar | 2853 |
| British Regnal year | 2 Edw. 7 – 3 Edw. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2447 |
| Burmese calendar | 1265 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7411–7412 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4599 or 4539 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4600 or 4540 |
| Coptic calendar | 1619–1620 |
| Discordian calendar | 3069 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1895–1896 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5663–5664 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1959–1960 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1824–1825 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5003–5004 |
| Holocene calendar | 11903 |
| Igbo calendar | 903–904 |
| Iranian calendar | 1281–1282 |
| Islamic calendar | 1320–1321 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 36 (明治３６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1832–1833 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4236 |
| Minguo calendar | 9 before ROC 民前9年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 435 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2445–2446 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 2029 or 1648 or 876 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2030 or 1649 or 877 |
Aer, music, theatre, literature change
- Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery is released.
Events change
- December 17 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- Abeerden Football Club founded in Scotland.
Births change
January change
February change
March change
- March 24 – Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (d. 1995)
April change
May change
- May 3 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
June change
- June 21 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d. 2003)
- June 25 – George Orwell, English writer (d. 1950)
July change
August change
September change
October change
November change
December change
Deaths change
- May 8 – Paul Gauguin, French painter