1903 in Germany explained

Events in the year 1903 in Germany.

Incumbents

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]

7 January – Albrecht Haushofer, German geographer, diplomat and writer (died 1945)
18 January – Werner Hinz, German actor (died 1985)
10 February – Karl Deichgräber, classical philologist (died 1984)
24 February – Franz Burda I, German publisher (died 1986)
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)

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

[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]
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.
Web site: Detailansicht der Abgeordneten Erna Herchenröder . Detailed view of MP Erna Herchenröder . 2023-09-24 . . de.
Book: Doohm, Stefan . Adorno : a biography . Polity Press . Cambridge, UK Malden, MA . 2005 . 9780745631080 . 479.
Book: Vazzana, Eugene . Silent film necrology . McFarland . Jefferson, N.C . 2001 . 9780786410590 . 289.
Gegenbaur, Carl.
Carter, Jesse Benedict. "Theodor Mommsen," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XCIII, 1904.