Historical figures in 1903
The atlas holds 29 people and 37 moments here, in 1903. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Camille Pissarro and Benito Mussolini. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1903
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Alfred Deakin
in 1903
2 moments here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Benito Mussolini
in 1903
2 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Camille Pissarro
in 1903
3 moments here
Danish-French painter and a central figure in Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Born in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, Pissarro studied in…
Edmund Barton
in 1903
1 moment here
Australian barrister, federation leader, first prime minister of Australia (1901–1903), and founding justice of the High Court of Australia.…
Franz Kafka
in 1903
1 moment here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
George Orwell
in 1903
1 moment here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Getúlio Vargas
in 1903
1 moment here
Brazilian lawyer, military officer, and politician who led Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and again from 1951 until his death in 1954.…
Golda Meir
in 1903
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Henry Ford
in 1903
1 moment here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Herbert Hoover
in 1903
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
Jack London
in 1903
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1903
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
John Eccles
in 1903
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
Katherine Mansfield
in 1903
1 moment here
Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…
Lars Onsager
in 1903
1 moment here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Leon Trotsky
in 1903
1 moment here
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1903
1 moment here
Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Marie Curie
in 1903
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Mark Twain
in 1903
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1903
2 moments here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Niels Bohr
in 1903
1 moment here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Olav V
in 1903
2 moments here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Roald Amundsen
in 1903
1 moment here
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…
Moments
- 1903 Handover at Chiasso Benito Mussolini
- 1903 Spring hotel stay on Quai Voltaire Camille Pissarro
- 1903 Takes treatment at Weißer Hirsch Franz Kafka
- 1903 Childhood relocation to Pinsk Golda Meir
- 1903 Lake St. Clair speed demonstration Henry Ford
- 1903 Visit to Glen Ellen Jack London
- 1903 Family settlement at Kadapa Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1903 Birth in Northcote John Eccles
- 1903 Queen's College education Katherine Mansfield
- 1903 Secondary schooling in Linz Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1903 Treatment in Riga Mikhail Vrubel
- 1903 Undergraduate studies Niels Bohr
- 1903 Bangkok fundraising visit Sun Yat-sen
- 1903 Based in Geneva Vladimir Lenin
- 1903 Holidayed in Brittany Vladimir Lenin
- 1903 Childhood in Spokane Walter Brattain
- 1903 Border-crisis deployment to Corumbá Getúlio Vargas
- 1903 Birth in Alor Setar Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1903 Death of Savva Vrubel in Kyiv Mikhail Vrubel
- 1903 Arrest in Bern Benito Mussolini
- 1903 Birth at Motihari George Orwell
- 1903 Appears at the Royal Institution Marie Curie
- 1903 Final port-painting stay at Le Havre Camille Pissarro
- 1903 Birth at Appleton House Olav V
- 1903 Second RSDLP Congress in London Vladimir Lenin
- 1903 Second RSDLP Congress Leon Trotsky
- 1903 Baptism at St Mary Magdalene Church Olav V
- 1903 Sworn in as prime minister Alfred Deakin
- 1903 Occupies Kramgasse apartment Albert Einstein
- 1903 Election-platform speech Alfred Deakin
- 1903 First sitting of the High Court Edmund Barton
- 1903 Wintering at Gjoa Haven Roald Amundsen
- 1903 Death in Paris Camille Pissarro
- 1903 Birth in Oslo Lars Onsager
- 1903 Moves to Florence for Olivia's health Mark Twain
- 1903 Christmas during mine-inspection journey Herbert Hoover
- 1903 Sails for the United States William Howard Taft