23 events found for 1903
The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine
Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada
Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded
In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka
A group of Serbian officers storms the royal palace and assassinates King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife, Queen Drag
Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage
Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike
The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay…
Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight…
The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.
The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.