Year retrospective · 1900s

1903

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…

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Defining moment · 1903

The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.

S. 6–8 April] 1903. During the pogrom, which began on Easter Day, between 40 and 49 Jews were killed, 92 were gravely injured, over 500 were lightly injured and 1,500 homes were damaged.

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Defining events of 1903

  1. 1903 The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.

    Anti-Jewish attack in Kishinev, Russian Empire (19–21 April 1903)

    S. 6–8 April] 1903. During the pogrom, which began on Easter Day, between 40 and 49 Jews were killed, 92 were gravely injured, over 500 were lightly injured and 1,500 homes were damaged.

  2. 1903 Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded.

    Association football club in Spain

    , commonly referred to in English as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético and colloquially as Atleti, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home games at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, which has a capacity of 70,692.

  3. 1903 A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.

    Rockslide, buried part of Frank, Canada (1903)

    m. on April 29, 1903. Around 44 million cubic metres/110 million tonnes of limestone rock broke off from, and slid down, Turtle Mountain.

  4. 1903 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.

    19/20th-century German aviation pioneer

    Karl Jatho was a German inventor and aviation pioneer, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover.

  5. 1903 The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.

    Anti-Ottoman revolt in the Balkans (1903)

    The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, consisting of the Ilinden Uprising and Preobrazhenie Uprising, was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire from August to October 1903. It was prepared and carried out by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, with the support of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee, which included mostly Bulgarian military personnel. The name of the uprising refers to Ilinden, a name for Elijah's day, and to Preobrazhenie which means Feast of the Transfiguration.

  6. 1903 The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.

    Anti-Ottoman revolt in the Balkans (1903)

    The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, consisting of the Ilinden Uprising and Preobrazhenie Uprising, was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire from August to October 1903. It was prepared and carried out by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, with the support of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee, which included mostly Bulgarian military personnel. The name of the uprising refers to Ilinden, a name for Elijah's day, and to Preobrazhenie which means Feast of the Transfiguration.

  7. 1903 The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  8. 1903 Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  9. 1903 Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
  10. 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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