The following lists events that happened during 1903 in China.

Incumbents

Guangxu Emperor The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), personal name Zaitian, was the tenth Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled, w ...

(29th year)

examination

Zhuangyuan ''Zhuangyuan'', or ''trạng nguyên'' in Vietnamese, variously translated into English as principal graduate, primus, or optimus, was the title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score on highest level of the Imperial examination, (i ...

: Wang Shoupeng * *

Events

May

Zhang Shizhao Zhang Shizhao (; March 20, 1881 – July 1, 1973), courtesy name Xingyan, pen name Huangzhonghuang, Qingtong or Qiutong, was a Chinese journalist, educator, politician of the early 20th century known for his advocacy first of revolutionary cultur ...

was hired as the chief editor of the ''

Su Bao ''Su Bao'' (''Jiangsu Daily'' or ''Jiangsu Journal'') was a small-circulation newspaper which circulated in the Shanghai International Settlement, China in the late Qing Dynasty. The newspaper, owned by Chen Fan and edited by Zhang Shizhao of the ...

July

* July 1 -

Shanghai Municipal Police The Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP; ) was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International Settlement between 1854 and 1943, when the settlement was retroceded to Chinese control. Initially composed of ...

transferred six people, including

Zhang Binglin Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known by his art name Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include ''Wen Shi'' (文始 "The Origin of Writing"), ...

, to the public for review. ( :zh:蘇報案) * July 14 - the Dongqing Railway was opened to traffic. * July 15 - the first public hearing. ( :zh:蘇報案) * July 21 - The second public hearing was held, but due to the Qing court was busy with extradition, so the plaintiff’s lawyer requested a rescheduling at the beginning of the trial. ( :zh:蘇報案)

August

* August 13 - Tsar Nicolas II appointed

Alexeyev Alexeyev, Alekseyev, Alexeiev, Alexeev or Alekseev (russian: Алексе́ев) is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Alexey (Алексей) and literally means ''Alexey's''. Often the same name appears in English i ...

as viceroy in charge of all civil and military authority over Russian possessions in the Far East, including Russian-occupied

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer M ...

, the

Liaodong Peninsula The Liaodong Peninsula (also Liaotung Peninsula, ) is a peninsula in southern Liaoning province in Northeast China, and makes up the southwestern coastal half of the Liaodong region. It is located between the mouths of the Daliao River ...

, and Russia Amur Military District (present day Primorsky Krai).

December

* December 3 - The trial was officially held for a total of four days. ( :zh:蘇報案)

Births

* October 21 -

K. C. Wu K. C. Wu () (October 21, 1903 – June 6, 1984) was a Chinese political figure and historian. Among other offices, he served as Mayor of Shanghai and as Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government. Early life Wu was born in Central China and ...

, a Chinese political figure and historian. * November 4 -

Watchman Nee Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, or Nee T'o-sheng (; November 4, 1903 – May 30, 1972), was a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the 20th century. His evangelism was influenced by the Plymouth Brethren. In 1922, ...

, a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher. * December 28 – Tang Yunsheng, an opera singer in Peking. * Gan Siqi * Lu Kanru * Hua Gang *

Li Shuoxun Li Shuoxun (; 1903 Sichuan – 1931 Hainan) is a Chinese communist martyr. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1924, and went underground after the Kuomintang (KMT)'s massacre of communists in 1927. In 1931 he went to Hainan, was caught by ...

* Chen Geng

Deaths

* Zhu Shaowen * April 11 -

Ronglu Ronglu (6 April 1836 – 11 April 1903), courtesy name Zhonghua, was a Manchu political and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. He was born in the Guwalgiya clan, which was under the Plain White Banner of the Manchu Eight Banners. ...

was a Manchu political and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. (born in April 1836) *

Zhang Peilun Zhang Peilun () (1848–1903) was a Chinese government official of the late Qing dynasty, who served as a naval commander during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). Early life Zhang Peilun was born in Hangzhou on November 24, 1848. Hi ...

References

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