• Source: 1903 in Germany

      • Events in the year 1903 in Germany.


      Incumbents




      = National level

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      Kaiser – Wilhelm II
      Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow


      = State level

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      Kingdoms


      King of Bavaria – Otto
      King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
      King of Saxony – George
      King of Württemberg – William II


      Grand duchies


      Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
      Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
      Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
      Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William
      Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
      Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest


      Principalities


      Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
      Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
      Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
      Principality of Lippe – Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent)
      Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
      Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
      Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont


      Duchies


      Duke of Anhalt – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
      Duke of Brunswick – Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
      Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
      Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
      Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen


      Colonial governors


      Cameroon (Kamerun) – Jesko von Puttkamer (8th term)
      Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel
      German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Gustav Adolf von Götzen
      German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term)
      German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf
      German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Leutwein
      Togoland – Waldemar Horn


      Events


      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. Shortly after the election, the National-Social Association is dissolved by its leader Friedrich Naumann, and its members join the Free-minded Union.


      = Undated

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      German company August Storck is founded.


      Births




      Deaths


      13 April – Moritz Lazarus, German philosopher (born 1824)
      14 June – Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (born 1826)
      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)


      References

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